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[ICE Shooting in Austin News Conference on September 20, 2026.]
FOR BEING HERE.UM, I WANTED TO, WE ALL WANTED TO BE WITH YOU TODAY AND, AND ANSWER A FEW QUESTIONS BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT A SHOOTING THAT INVOLVED, UM, ICE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS TODAY.
I WANNA BE VERY CLEAR AS WE BEGIN THIS, UH, THAT, UH, THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT.
UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, DID HELP WITH THE BLOCKING OF SOME OF THE ROADS AND DOING TRAFFIC CONTROL.
UH, THERE WERE TWO ROADS IN PARTICULAR, THE SOUTHBOUND ON RESEARCH BOULEVARD ON THE FRONTAGE ROAD AND THE EASTBOUND WESTBOUND LANES ON ANDERSON SQUARE.
UH, BUT THAT THE, I'M GOING TO REITERATE THAT AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT AND IN THIS SHOOTING.
UM, I ALSO WANNA SAY, JUST BECAUSE I THINK IT, IT, UH, NEEDS TO BE SAID THAT AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, I'M, I'M VERY ANGRY ABOUT THIS.
I'M, UM, EXTREMELY UNHAPPY, UH, A PERSON BEING SHOT ON THE STREETS OF AUSTIN BY SOMEONE PURPORTING TO BE LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT'S ICE IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT CAUSES ME TO BE UNHAPPY AND, AND, AND ANGRY ABOUT IT.
AND WHILE I'M UN UH, UNHAPPY AND I'M ANGRY ABOUT IT, I'M NOT SURPRISED AT ALL.
IT'S HAPPENED IN OTHER CITIES, UH, WITH THE, THE NATURE OF ICE AND THE WAY ICE IS DOING ITS BUSINESS THESE DAYS, AND THE CHAOS THAT WE SEE IT PERFORMING, UH, AND FOMENTING IT, IT, THERE'S NO REASON FOR US TO BE SURPRISED BY IT.
THAT BEING SAID, UM, UH, WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU SOME BRIEF FACTS.
IT IS ALSO VERY PRELIMINARY, SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE DON'T KNOW, BUT WE WANT IT TO BE AVAILABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GOT TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE DO KNOW.
UH, A COUPLE OF THINGS IN THAT REGARD.
ONE IS, UH, THE PERSON THAT WAS SHOT HAS, WAS TRANSPORTED, AND YOU'LL HEAR FROM OUR CHIEF VMS, UH, THAT PERSON WAS TRANSPORTED TO DALE SETON MEDICAL CENTER, UH, WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND IS IN STABLE CONDITION.
BUT I'LL LET THE CHIEF TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE, UH, CHIEF DAVIS WILL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, IS THAT THE CHIEF AND I HAD TALKED EARLIER TODAY ABOUT, UH, MY DESIRE, UH, FOR HER TO REACH OUT TO, UH, H HI HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS TO REACH OUT TO DPS AND TO TALK ABOUT THE CITY OF AUSTIN BEING INVOLVED IN ANY INVESTIGATION OF THIS EVENT THAT A PD BE INVOLVED IN THE INVESTIGATION, UH, SO THAT A PD WOULD BE IN A POSITION TO OFFER CLEAR THIRD PARTY EYES AND EXPERTISE AND ALLOW FOR A LEVEL OF INDEPENDENCE IN AN INVESTIGATION LIKE THIS.
UH, I WILL SAY, UH, THAT FRANKLY, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, UH, THE CREDIBILITY OF ICE, UH, DOING SOME FORM OF INVESTIGATION JUST BY ITSELF AND EXCLUDING OTHERS, UH, WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE.
UH, AND I THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD HELP.
AND THE CHIEF AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT.
UH, THE CHIEF HAS, UH, BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE TEXAS RANGERS.
UH, THE TEXAS RANGERS AND THE CHIEF HAVE WORKED OUT WHERE, UM, WE WILL, THEY WILL BE DOING AN INVESTIGATION.
I'LL LET HER TALK ABOUT THAT MORE IN, IN A SECOND.
BUT WE WILL HAVE, UH, A PD INVOLVED IN AN INVESTIGATION OF THIS IN SUCH A WAY THAT THAT CLEAR-EYED, UH, THIRD PARTY, UH, WILL, UH, LOOK, WILL ALSO BE INVOLVED.
UH, PART OF THE REASON I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT IS I THINK THAT AUSTINITES HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
UH, THEY HAVE SEEN WHAT'S HAPPENED IN OTHER PLACES WHEN THERE HAS BEEN, UH, A SHOOTING LIKE THIS, THAT ICE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN.
THEY'VE SEEN WHAT'S HAPPENED, UH, IN OTHER PLACES WHEN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY HAS NOT BEEN AS INVOLVED IN THE INVESTIGATION.
AUSTINITES ALSO BECAUSE IT'S, THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO FEEL SAFE IN THEIR CITY.
AND, UH, WHEN YOU HAVE A SHOOTING ON THEIR STREETS, IT MAKES PEOPLE FEEL LESS SAFE.
UH, AND ICE WITH THE FEAR THAT IT'S CREATED, UH, HAS, IS ON THEIR STREETS.
AND BY THAT, BY JUST BEING ON THEIR STREETS, IT CREATES SOME FEAR IN OUR CITY.
AND IF THERE'S NOTHING TO FEAR FROM THIS BEING DONE, UH, THE WAY IT WAS DONE, IF THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT, THEY SHOULD WELCOME AN INVESTIGATION.
AND IF YOU'RE PRO LAW ENFORCEMENT, YOU SHOULD SEE THAT AN INVESTIGATION THAT, UH, IS DONE RIGHT WILL ONLY ENHANCE CREDIBILITY, UM, IF YOU BELIEVE IN THAT.
UM, SO AUSTIN KNIGHT SHOULD KNOW THE TRUTH, AND I'M PLEASED THAT WE'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE, UH, AUSTIN WILL ALSO BE INVOLVED IN THIS INVESTIGATION.
WITH THAT, I AM GONNA TURN IT OVER TO THE CHIEF AND, UH, LET HER SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT WHAT SHE KNOWS ABOUT THE INCIDENT ITSELF AND, UH, ANYTHING RELATED TO THE INVESTIGATION.
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AND THEN WE WILL HAVE CHIEF T ALSO SPEAK.UH, THIS INCIDENT, AGAIN, AS THE MAYOR SAID, THERE IS NOT A LOT OF FACTS THAT I CAN GIVE YOU AT THIS POINT.
WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS, UH, AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT'S SPECIAL INVESTIGATION UNIT WHO INVESTIGATES OUR OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTINGS IS ON THE SCENE.
AND I HAVE SPOKEN TO, UM, TEXAS RANGERS WHO WILL BE PART OF THAT INVESTIGATIONS AND WILL BE WORKING SIDE BY SIDE.
AND THIS INVESTIGATION AS WELL.
I HAVE SPOKEN TO, UM, HSI AS WELL.
UM, THEY HAVE PROMISED WHAT THEY CAN GIVE MY, GIVE US AS FAR AS COOPERATION, THEY WILL DO THAT.
UM, SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT.
UM, AGAIN, THIS HAS HAPPENED IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
THE CITY OF AUSTIN DESERVES ANSWERS AND WHAT OCCURRED.
UH, THE MAYOR'S DEMANDING SOME ANSWERS.
THE CITY MANAGER WANTS ANSWERS.
AND, AND WE'RE GONNA GET THOSE, WE'RE GONNA GET ALL THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED, AND WE'LL BE AS TRANSPARENT AS WE CAN BE.
UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE REALITY.
I LIKE TO COME FORWARD WITH A LOT MORE INFORMATION.
BUT THAT IS ALL WE HAVE AT THIS POINT.
SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND HAND IT OVER TO, UH, CHIEF LUCK.
GOOD AFTERNOON, ROB LURE, UH, CHIEF OF AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY EMS AT APPROXIMATELY 1256.
IN THE AFTERNOON TODAY, AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY, EMS RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT OF A REPORTED SHOOTING AT THE 8,000 BLOCK OF ANDERSON SQUARE, UH, AUSTIN.
TRAVIS COUNTY EMS RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY, WAS ON SCENE WITHIN THREE AND A HALF MINUTES.
UH, ONE INDIVIDUAL WAS IDENTIFIED SUFFERING FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND.
UH, THE PATIENT WAS STABLE, VITAL SIGNS WERE STABLE, UM, BUT IN SERIOUS CONDITION, THEY WERE TRANSPORTED OFF THE SCENE WITHIN NINE MINUTES OF ARRIVAL OF EMS RESOURCES AND TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL TRAUMA CENTER, AS I SAID, IN A SERIOUS BUT STABLE CONDITION.
UH, AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN THIS BACK OVER TO THE MAYOR.
UM, AS WE ALL, EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM KNOWS THIS IS A FEDERAL ENTITY THAT, UH, IS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THIS SHOOTING.
UH, SO, UH, I WANT US TO HEAR FROM, UH, CONGRESSMAN CASSAR, WHO, UM, IS, IS ALWAYS HELPFUL ON THINGS LIKE THIS WHEN WE, UH, REACH OUT TO HIM.
AND I WANT TO TURN THE MICROPHONE OVER TO YOU.
THANKS FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR EVERYONE AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN FOR PROVIDING TRANSPARENCY, UH, AND ANSWERS TO THE COMMUNITY AS QUICKLY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
IT IS AWFUL THAT THIS HORROR HAS COME TO OUR DOORSTEP, AND AS THE MAYOR SAID, UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS NOT A SURPRISE.
JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, AS WE SAW THE ICE SURGE COME TO AUSTIN, ESPECIALLY TO NORTH CENTRAL AUSTIN, I AND OTHERS SAID THAT ICE NEEDED TO LEAVE BEFORE SOMEONE WAS SHOT, LIKE IN MINNEAPOLIS OR LIKE IN CORPUS CHRISTI, OR LIKE IN CHICAGO.
AND SO I THINK THE MESSAGE REMAINS THAT FOR AUSTIN TO BE SAFE, ICE SHOULD, AND ITS SURGE HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, I'M GLAD TO HEAR, UM, THAT AT LEAST SO FAR, IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS, THIS GENTLEMAN IS, UH, AT THE HOSPITAL, UH, HEARING FROM THE EMS CHIEF IN STABLE CONDITION.
I ALSO WILL ADD, UH, THAT IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE TRANSPARENCY, UH, AND THE TRUE FACTS IN THIS CASE.
UNFORTUNATELY, ICE HAS NOT BEEN TRUTHFUL IN SHOOTINGS IN OTHER CITIES IN MINNEAPOLIS.
WHEN RENEE GOODE WAS SHOT, ICE'S PUBLIC STATEMENTS WERE THAT MS. GOOD WAS TRYING TO HURT ICE OFFICERS.
AND THEN THE VIDEO PROVED THE EXACT OPPOSITE.
IN THE CASE OF RUBEN RAY MARTINEZ, WHO WAS JUST TRYING TO CELEBRATE HIS 23RD BIRTHDAY, UNITED STATES CITIZEN FROM SAN ANTONIO, THE INITIAL STATEMENTS FROM ICE WAS THAT HE WAS TRYING TO GET PEOPLE HURT.
AND IT WAS ONLY MANY MONTHS LATER THAT THE VIDEO CAME OUT AND SHOWED THAT REUBEN RAY MARTINEZ HAD HIS CAR MOVING AT ABOUT ONE MILE AN HOUR, JUST TRYING TO GET AROUND SOME CONES AND SOME BLOCKADES.
AND SO I THINK IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS COMMUNITY TO ASK FOR INDEPENDENCE, TO ASK FOR TRANSPARENCY, AND TO ASK FOR ACCOUNTABILITY.
THIS IS A PATTERN, IT'S A DISTURBING PATTERN, AND IT'S GOT TO STOP.
ICE HAS ARRESTED FIVE YEAR OLDS IN AUSTIN IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
THEY'VE ARRESTED PRE-K TEACHERS AND NOW SOMEONE'S BEEN SHOT.
ALRIGHT, WELL, UH, OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.
I, I, I WILL REITERATE THAT, UM, AUSTINITES HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
UH, LIKE I SAY, IT'S THEIR CITY AND THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO FEEL SAFE IN THEIR CITY.
AND IF THERE ARE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ARE MAKING THEM FEEL UNSAFE, UH, SUCH AS, UH, A SHOOTING LIKE THIS, UH, UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES
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AS WE KNOW THEM, OR JUST THE FEAR AND CHAOS THAT THAT ICE, UH, ATTEMPTS TO CREATE, THEY HAVE, WE HAVE A RIGHT TO TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT.AND SO I'M PLEASED THAT, UH, THE CHIEF HAS, UH, DONE WHAT SHE'S DONE TO PUT US IN A POSITION WHERE WE'LL KNOW MORE.
SO WITH THAT, WE'LL, UH, START WITH TONY.
THERE'S BEEN SOME INFORMATION THAT, THAT THIS PERSON WHO WAS SHOT WAS SHOT IN THE BACK.
CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT YOUR MEDICS WERE ON THE SCENE, CONFIRMED THAT TO YOU? I CAN'T, I, I CANNOT CONFIRM THAT.
WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT THE, THE SHOOTING WAS CENTER MASS.
UM, WHICH IS WHY THE PERSON IS, IS STILL IN SERIOUS CONDITION AS THE, THEY INVESTIGATED DELCY.
BUT WHEN YOU SAY THAT, DOES THAT INDICATE THEY WERE SHOT IN THE FRONT OF THEIR BODY OR IN THE BACK? I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
CAN YOU CONFIRM HOW MANY SHOTS? I BELIEVE IT WAS ONE GUNSHOT WOUND.
AND THEN CHIEF DAVIS, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU'VE RECEIVED ANY KIND OF BRIEFING WHATSOEVER ABOUT THE TYPE OF OPERATION THAT WAS GOING ON AT THE TIME OF THIS SHOOTING, IF ANY OF THAT, ANY OF THOSE DETAILS.
I HAVE NOT, I DO NOT HAVE THOSE DETAILS AS OF YET.
CHIEF DAVIS, WE HEARD FROM A COUNCILMAN OVER AT THE SCENE EARLIER THAT A CAR WAS, OR THAT A FEDERAL AGENT'S CAR SIDESWIPED THE DRIVER INVOLVED IN THIS SHOOTING AND WAS SHOT THROUGH THE BACK WINDSHIELD MULTIPLE TIMES.
CAN YOU CONFIRM THOSE DETAILS? THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M HEARING.
UH, I'M HEARING THAT IT WAS OUT ON FOOT.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE, OF GETTING IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA TOO SOON WITHOUT, WITHOUT THE INFORMATION.
BUT, UM, FROM WHAT I'M HEARING, UH, THERE WAS A, A SMALL FOOT PURSUIT.
BUT AGAIN, THIS IS ALL VERY PRELIMINARY AND, UH, I HAVE NOT BEEN BRIEFED, UH, FROM THE FEDERAL PARTNERS.
AGAIN, OUR SIU OUR OFFICERS ARE THERE ON SCENE NOW.
SO AFTER I LEAVE HERE, I WILL GET BRIEFED FROM THEM.
UM, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT THIS POINT, JUST TO CONFIRM SOME MORE BASIC DETAILS.
IT WAS A FEDERAL AGENT, A FEDERAL OFFICER WHO SHOT THIS, THAT IS INDIVIDUAL.
AND THIS WAS ONE PERSON'S, I THINK, UH, CONGRESSMAN CAAR.
IS IT A MALE PERSON? I BELIEVE IT'S A MALE, YES.
AND DO WE KNOW WHAT, UH, WHAT THEIR NATIONALITY IS? WE DO NOT.
WERE THEY A TARGET OF AN ICE? WERE THEY A TARGET OF AN ICE? SO I THINK THAT'S THE INFORMATION WE'RE TRYING TO, TO, TO FIND OUT.
AND WE TALK ABOUT PRELIMINARY AND WE TALK ABOUT GETTING IN FRONT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE, THE CITIZENS OF AUSTIN AND, AND BEING AS TRANSPARENT AS WE CAN.
UH, BUT THOSE QUESTIONS STILL NEED TO BE ANSWERED.
DO WE KNOW WHERE THE AGENT IS? THERE'S BEEN ISSUES WITH AGENTS GOING TO DIFFERENT STATES.
DO WE KNOW? NO, WE, WE DO NOT KNOW THAT.
BUT MY HOPE WOULD BE THAT, UH, AN AGENT THAT'S INVOLVED IN AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING WOULD NOT LEAVE THE CITY, UH, CERTAINLY NOT LEAVE THE STATE.
UM, AGAIN, IF, IF THINGS ARE BEING DONE THE WAY THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DONE, NOBODY SHOULD FEAR THAT AND, AND NEED TO LEAVE.
AND ALSO, IF YOU BELIEVE IN TRANSPARENCY AND NOT JUST THE CREATION OF CHAOS, YOU WOULD HOPE THAT, UM, UH, THAT WOULD NOT BE THE CASE EITHER.
SO MY, WHAT MY REQUEST WOULD BE IS, AS MAYOR OF THE CITY WOULD BE THAT, UH, THIS, THIS, ANYBODY INVOLVED IN THIS SHOOTING WOULD NOT LEAVE, UH, WOULD NOT LEAVE IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO, TO, UM, UH, ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED.
AND MAYOR, WAS THERE ANY OTHER ARRESTS MADE ON THE SCENE THAT YOU KNOW OF? NO, NO, NO.
NO, LEMME LEMME LEMME SAY SOMETHING REAL CLEARLY.
WE WANT TO DEMONSTRATE HOW QUICKLY WE WILL MAKE OURSELVES AVAILABLE WHEN WE HAVE ANY INFORMATION, INCLUDING THE INFORMATION ABOUT, RELATED TO AN INVESTIGATION IN THIS DAY AND AGE.
AND I KNOW YOU ALL DO, UH, THE WORK YOU DO, UH, FOR A REASON, TRYING TO GET THE FULL STORY BECOMES REALLY DIFFICULT SOMETIMES WITH TIKTOK AND TWITTER AND OR X AND ALL, ALL THE DIFFERENT SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT AL THAT ALWAYS CONCERNS ME IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS IS THAT SOME OF THE, SOME IN, IN SOME OF THOSE INSTANCES, PEOPLE MOVING TOO QUICKLY, UH, AND, AND, AND MAKING ASSUMPTIONS THAT MIGHT BE THERE IN THEIR OWN HEADS, WHAT THEY END UP DOING IS THEY ENHANCE THE FEAR, THEY ENHANCE SOMETHING BEING WRONG, AND THEN IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO REIN IT BACK IN.
AS WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION, WE'RE GONNA MAKE THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO YOU.
BUT WE WANTED TO GET AS, GET IN FRONT, UH, OF THIS AS QUICKLY AS WE COULD.
EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW IT'S EXTREMELY PRELIMINARY, IT'S EXTREMELY EARLY.
CONGRESSMAN KASSAR MENTIONED A, A SURGE IN AUSTIN, CHIEF DAVIS.
HAVE YOU, HAVE YOUR LOCAL OFFICERS BEEN SEEING THAT? IS THAT AN ACCURATE DEPICTION OF WHAT THE, WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN RECENT WEEKS? SO THIS IS A WHAT THE SURGE.
UM, WE DON'T WORK WITH UNDERSTOOD FEDERAL, WITH THE FEDERAL PARTNERS IN HERE.
AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN ASKED TO.
AND SO AS WE'RE GOING ALONG WITH OUR DAY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SEEING THESE THINGS IN THE NEWS AND WHEN WE'RE HEARING ABOUT THEM AS WELL.
UM, BUT WE ARE NOT BEING ASKED TO ASSIST IN THOSE, UM, IN THAT SEARCH.
I UNDERSTAND HOWEVER WE HAVE, WE, HOW, HOW WHAT HE USED THE WORD SURGE, BUT WHAT, BUT WHAT SURGE, WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT.
WE BELIEVE IN THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS WHERE ICE HAS DETAINED SOMEBODY, UM, STOPPED SOMEBODY, THOSE SORTS OF INSTANCES.
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THE, THE, THE, IT'S BEEN, AND, AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IT'S BEEN A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT NUMBER IN, IN THAT INCREASE.AND IT HAPPENED IN A RELATIVELY BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME.
IT WAS NOT A RAMP UP, IF YOU WILL.
SO THE WORD SURGE, UH, WELL PROBABLY NOT A TECHNICAL TERM UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, DOES DESCRIBE WELL, WHAT HAS HAPPENED, AT LEAST AS IT'S BEING REPORTED TO US.
BUT AGAIN, I WANNA BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THE CHIEF OF POLICE JUST SAID.
THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS NOT INVOLVED IN THOSE.
HOWEVER, THOSE OF US THAT CARE ABOUT THIS, THOSE OF US THAT REPRESENT CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE LIVING IN FEAR AS A RESULT OF THIS POLITICS OF FEAR THAT, UH, ICE PROPAGATES, UM, WE HAVE, WE HAVE SEEN THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE ALMOST OVERNIGHT.
WOULD YOU ADD ANYTHING TO THAT? NO, I THINK YOU COVERED IT.
ARE YOU SAYING MAYOR IN AUSTIN SPECIFICALLY OR IN GENERAL NATIONAL? NO, IN AUSTIN.
IN WHAT TIME PERIOD? YOU SAID QUICKLY WEEKS STAYS.
WELL, I, I, I THINK IN ONE WEEK WE SAW IT GO FROM, UM, UH, COUNT 'EM ON ONE HAND TO, UH, IN THE THIRTIES.
AND THAT HAPPENED IN, IN LESS THAN A COUPLE OF DAYS.
AND Y'ALL ARE SAYING THAT THIS WAS A SHOOTING INVOLVING A FEDERAL OFFICER.
CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT IT IS AN ICE AGENT? I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS AN ICE AGENT, YES.
ARE YOU, UH, YOU'VE SPOKEN ABOUT NOT GET THERE BEING LACK OF INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AUTHORITIES AND OTHER SHOOTINGS.
ARE YOU CONFIDENT IN THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE GETTING FROM STATE TROOPERS AND THE STATE POLICE WORKING ON THIS? WELL, THERE'S NOT BEEN A SHOOTING HERE IN THE STATE OF AU IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
UM, YES, I TRUST OUR, I I TRUST THE TEXAS RANGERS AND I, I TRUST DPS TO GIVE US AND TO WORK ALONGSIDE US AND TO GET, TO GET ANSWERS.
OTHER THOUGHTS? QUESTIONS? WE APPRECIATE YOUR, SORRY, ONE MORE.
DO A GENERAL AGE OF THE PERSON.
MA'AM, WILL YOU WANT ME DOING A FOLLOW UP PRESS THERE? YEAH, SURE.
I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO YET.
AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION, WE'LL WORK TO GET INFORMATION OUT TO Y'ALL.
UM, THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF US DOING THIS IS TO, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I SAID IT IN IN MY OPENING COMMENTS AND I'VE REPEATED IT.
UH, PART OF WHAT MAKES ME ANGRY ABOUT THIS PART OF WHAT MAKES ME SO UNHAPPY ABOUT IT IS THAT, UM, WE LIVE IN A TIME WHERE THERE'S A POLITICS OF FEAR, WHERE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO CREATE FEAR.
AND, UM, I'VE SAID MANY, MANY TIMES ABOUT HOW I WANT, I WANT TO LEAD WHILE WE'RE DEALING WITH ICE.
AND THAT IS THAT I DON'T WANT TO PERPETUATE THE POLITICS OF FEAR.
ONE OF THE WAYS TO NOT PERPETUATE THE POLITICS OF FEAR IS TO BE OPEN, TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS WE CAN ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON, TO SEEK, TO BE INVOLVED, AND TO THEN BE INVOLVED IN THE INVESTIGATIONS SO THAT OUR PEOPLE WILL KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING.
AND SO WE WILL DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, PEOPLE HAVE THE INFORMATION THEY CAN, THEY CAN HAVE, SO THEY CAN JUDGE, UH, THE, THE SITUATION IN THE CITY THAT THEY LIVE AND THEY LOVE.
AND IF I COULD ADD ONE THING TO THAT, I MEAN, TO BE, TO BE CLEAR, UH, THIS WAS A FEDERAL AGENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND ICE ARE UNDER A LEGAL OBLIGATION AND UNDER THE OBLIGATION, UNDER THE CONSTITUTION TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH UNITED STATES CONGRESS.
OUR ARTICLE, ONE OF THE CONSTITUTION AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY IS TO OVERSEE THESE FEDERAL AGENCIES.
AND SO MY OFFICE WILL ALSO BE REQUESTING AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE, AND WE WILL SHARE THAT WITH THE PUBLIC.
BUT GIVEN Y'ALL'S INTEREST HERE, GIVEN THE QUESTIONS, I THINK THE OBVIOUS SHOULD BE SAID THAT THERE IS A REASON THAT PEOPLE IN AUSTIN AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE DEEPLY SUSPICIOUS OF ANYTHING THAT ICE HAS SAID.
AND THERE IS A REASON THAT PEOPLE ARE HURTING RIGHT NOW WHEN THEY HEAR ABOUT THIS HAVING HAPPENED AND THEIR CITY, EVEN BEFORE THEY KNOW ALL THE FACTS.
PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY KNOW ALL THE FACTS, BUT PEOPLE ARE HURTING AND UPSET BECAUSE THEY SEE HOW ICE HAS SHOT AND IN SOME CASES EVEN KILLED PEOPLE WITH IMPUNITY IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
AND WE DON'T WANT THAT TO EVER HAPPEN HERE.
AND THAT'S WHY IF ICE WANTS TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE, IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WANTS TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE, ICE SHOULD NOT HAVE THIS SURGE OF OFFICERS HERE AND SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON TRANSPARENTLY WORKING ON ISSUES OF CRIME, NOT WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING CONSISTENTLY HERE IN AUSTIN.
I'M SORRY TO JUMP IN AGAIN, BUT I DIDN'T ASK THE BASIC QUESTION.
DO YOU HAVE THE, DO YOU HAVE A NAME OF THE VICTIM AND OR ARE YOU IN CONTACT WITH THEIR FAMILY IF THEY LIVE LOCALLY? DO THEY BELIEVE TO BE A LOCAL RESIDENT? UH, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
AND, AND, UM, WE'LL BE BACK IN TOUCH.