US: Man wounded in Texas after being shot by ICE agent

A man has been hospitalized in Austin, Texas after being shot by an officer of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) , local officials said Sunday.

Austin's Mayor Kirk Watson expressed his anger over the shooting, calling for the involvement of the local police in a "clear-eyed"  investigation into the incident.

The man suffered one gunshot wound in his torso during a brief foot pursuit in the Texan capital's north side shortly before 1 pm local time, Austin officials said at a press briefing.

He is at a local hospital in a serious but stable condition, the officials said, adding that the information on the incident was "very preliminary."

City police officers were not involved in the operation or the shooting, Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said.

The officials did not name the man or release his age and nationality but an immigration lawyer, representing his family, identified him as Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a 28-year-old Venezuelan.

Attorney Kate Lincoln Goldfinch said in a video published on her Instagram account that she believed he had no criminal history and had no final order to be removed from the country.

The Associated Press later cited Goldfinch as saying that she did not know his current immigration status.