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THE SAME WORDS, PRINTED DIFFERENTLYWednesday 23 September 2026

3 outlets quote this line 2 different ways.

bbc.co.uk: “Wilber still needs appropriate medical care, and we will continue fighting to protect his rights.”; bbc.com: “Wilber still needs appropriate medical care, and we will continue fighting to protect…

As published

5 pages captured at the time, in each outlet's own typography. Open one to read the copy held outside the publisher's control.

bbc.co.uk as published: US judge blocks deportation of DoorDash driver shot by ICEbbc.co.uk2026-09-23 15:48:05bbc.com as published: US judge blocks deportation of DoorDash driver shot by ICEbbc.com2026-09-25 11:43:34fox7austin.com as published: Austin ICE shooting: Judge blocks removal for man shotfox7austin.com2026-09-23 15:48:05foxnews.com as published: Federal judge temporarily blocks deportation of illegal immigrant shot by ICE officer in Austin, attorney saysfoxnews.com2026-09-24 15:42:36stuff.co.nz as published: He was shot by ICE while making a DoorDash delivery. Now he’s detained with the bullet still in his backstuff.co.nz2026-09-22 16:51:52

Attributed to no one

Quoted verbatim from each outlet's own page. This site records what was published and who it was attributed to. It does not assess whether the claim is true.

stuff.co.nz

  • The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, has released little information

named elsewhere in the same article: Ruiz (spokesperson for Lincoln-Goldfinch)

Same storyEarlier: On 20 September 2026, a 28-year-old Venezuelan man named Wilber Rafael Garces Perez…Each entry records what was published on its own date and is not edited afterwards.

What this entry found

  • OUTLETS DISAGREE

    Legal status description of Perez at time of shooting

    • foxnews.com uses 'illegal immigrant'
    • stuff.co.nz states he 'is an asylum seeker and entered the United States through a parole…
    • bbc.co.uk and bbc.com state he was 'shot by immigration agents' but avoid a legal status…
    the full text
  • OUTLETS DISAGREE

    Exact location of gunshot wound

    • bbc.co.uk and bbc.com state 'shot' and reference bullet in back
    • fox7austin.com states 'shot in the back'
    • foxnews.com states 'shot him in the back of the neck'
    the full text
  • ONE SOURCE, MANY MASTHEADS

    5 outlets carried this. They resolve to 4 independent sources.

    A reader sampling these outlets received 4 accounts, not 5.

  • ONLY ONE OUTLET HAD THIS

    stuff.co.nz carried 9 details no other outlet reported.

    • Perez is being detained at the South Texas ICE Processing Centre in Pearsall, approximately 209 kilometers southwest of Austin
    • Perez called his wife around 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, 20 September, to tell her he had been shot
    • Perez's wife has not spoken with him since the shooting
    • Perez is an asylum seeker who entered the United States through a parole programme
    • Perez has no criminal history
    • Fabiana Meléndez Ruiz is a spokesperson for immigration lawyer Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch
    • Perez was being interrogated while a bullet remained in his back
    • Perez had no pain medication while detained
    • The shooting occurred amid a surge in ICE enforcement across the US during President Donald Trump's second term
5outlets→4independent
What happened, for context

A Venezuelan man, Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was shot by ICE agents in Austin, Texas on 20 September 2026 while making a DoorDash delivery. A federal judge has temporarily blocked his deportation pending a court hearing scheduled for 30 September 2026. The bullet remains lodged in his body and he has received limited medical care while detained.

Who reported it

  • bbc.co.ukPUBLIC
  • bbc.comPUBLIC
  • fox7austin.comUNCLASSIFIED
  • foxnews.comINDEP
  • stuff.co.nzINDEP

References

Carried by multiple outlets

  • Wilber Rafael Garces Perez is 28 years oldbbc.co.uk, bbc.com, foxnews.com, stuff.co.nz
  • Perez is Venezuelanbbc.co.uk, bbc.com, foxnews.com, stuff.co.nz
  • Perez was shot by ICE agents in or near Austin, Texasbbc.co.uk, bbc.com, fox7austin.com, foxnews.com, stuff.co.nz
  • The shooting occurred on 20 September 2026fox7austin.com, stuff.co.nz
  • A federal judge has temporarily blocked Perez's deportationbbc.co.uk, bbc.com, fox7austin.com, foxnews.com
  • Judge Orlando Garcia ordered Perez to appear in court in person on 30 September 2026bbc.co.uk, bbc.com, foxnews.com
  • and 9 more, not shown

Reported by one outlet only

  • Perez is being detained at the South Texas ICE Processing Centre in Pearsall, approximately 209 kilometers southwest of Austinonly stuff.co.nz
  • Perez called his wife around 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, 20 September, to tell her he had been shotonly stuff.co.nz
  • Perez's wife has not spoken with him since the shootingonly stuff.co.nz
  • There is no body-camera footage from ICE of the incidentonly fox7austin.com
  • Perez was shot in the back of the neckonly foxnews.com
  • The shooting occurred on Anderson Square in North Austinonly fox7austin.com

Reported unevenly

  • Legal status description of Perez at time of shootingstated by foxnews.com uses 'illegal immigrant', stuff.co.nz states he 'is an asylum seeker and entered the United States through a parole programme' and that 'As far as we understand, he was here legally', bbc.co.uk and bbc.com state he was 'shot by immigration agents' but avoid a legal status descriptor in the opening · absent from The outlets use different framings of immigration status; foxnews.com describes him as 'illegal immigrant' while stuff.co.nz emphasizes legal entry through parole and asylum status
  • Exact location of gunshot woundstated by bbc.co.uk and bbc.com state 'shot' and reference bullet in back, fox7austin.com states 'shot in the back', foxnews.com states 'shot him in the back of the neck' · absent from Different outlets use 'back' or 'back of the neck,' a potential distinction in anatomical location