Padilla calls for an independent investigation of the Garces Perez shooting
Member of the United States Congress
“ICE can’t keep shooting people in our communities without any consequences. I’m calling for an independent and transparent investigation because this should have never happened to 28-year-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a DoorDash driver who was trying to make a delivery.”
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About this source
In a direct post, Sen. Alex Padilla called for an independent and transparent investigation into the shooting of Wilber Rafael Garces Perez and said it should not have happened.
Before the quotation
The statement followed the September 20 Austin shooting, DHS’s announcement that Homeland Security Investigations would lead the inquiry, and public calls for an investigation outside DHS or ICE.
After the quotation
The post calls for an independent or full investigation but does not itself resolve the disputed facts about the shooting or specify the full investigative structure.
How this statement is classified
Case context: Should DHS lead the investigation of the ICE shooting of a delivery driver in Austin?
The label describes this statement’s response within the context above.
Why this label?
DHS's account of the shooting and its choice to have HSI lead the investigation. Padilla says ICE "can't keep shooting people... without any consequences" and calls for an "independent and transparent investigation," rejecting a DHS/ICE-led inquiry as sufficient. That's a direct rejection of DHS's chosen investigative process, so condemns holds.
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