A man delivering DoorDash got shot in the torso by an ICE officer on an Austin street, then vanished into federal custody while his wife was left begging a hospital for answers. Austin deserves an independent investigation, the body camera footage and a real role for local police and prosecutors — not an agency grading its own homework. This deportation surge is fomenting chaos, and it should end.
Federal sources say the man was a Venezuelan national living here illegally under a final order of removal, and officers fired only after a pursuit ended in a confrontation. Austin's mayor, police chief and congressman raced to microphones and smeared ICE before a single fact was confirmed, which is grandstanding, not leadership. Let the Texas Rangers and federal investigators finish the job.
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