Venezuelan man shot by ICE agent in Texas charged with assaulting an officer

Federal prosecutors in Texas announced on Tuesday that a Venezuelan delivery driver who was shot in the back by immigration enforcement agents in September will face charges of assault against an officer. 

According to a federal complaint, Wilber Rafael Garces-Perez, 28, allegedly tried to escape Immigration and Customs Enforcement after they pulled him over. The complaint accuses Garces-Perez of sideswiping an officer with his driver's-side car mirror and later attempting to hit an officer with his car, the Associated Press reported. 

Garces-Perez provided his drivers license but ignored agents' requests to get out of his car, the complaint alleges. He discussed with an agent in Spanish moving the car and parking it, according to court documents, which say the conversation wasn't aggressive. 

About a minute later, Garces-Perez allegedly "abruptly" closed the window and drove off. One of the officers was struck in his torso with the driver's side-view mirror. 

Garces-Perez was an asylum seeker with a valid work permit, according to immigration lawyer Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch.