At least one immigrant died Wednesday in a shooting in an office of (ICE) located in Dallas, Texas, the Department of National Security has confirmed. The deceased was inside the installation of the immigration agency when a sniper opened fire against the place. Two other detainees were injured and are in critical condition. The alleged shooter died from a self -inflicted gunshot wound, the Dallas Police Department. No federal agent received shots.
Throughout the day, the National Security Department has offered contradictory details about the amount of dead and injured. Initially they reported a death, and then confirmed two. Hours later, they have reversed and said that only one detainee died in the shooting and that the other two injured are still alive. So far, the identity of any of the victims has not been confirmed.
The shooter has been identified as Joshua Jahn, 29, who has lived in Texas and Oklahoma, according to NBC News. During a press conference a few hours after the event, the special agent in charge of the FBI in Dallas, Joe Rothrock, explained that they have started a “continuous research” in which “several federal partners and local partners participate”. He added that the FBI investigates the fact as an “act of selective violence”, and that “the bullets found near the alleged shooter contain messages of an anti-uter nature.” The mayor of the city, Eric Johnson, requested “calm” and “patience” to the population while the investigation shows results.
The Secretary of National Security, Kristi Noem, said that the event occurs in the midst of an increase in attacks against ICE agents, which comply with President Donald Trump.
The shooting occurred around 7 am central time in the United States, and caused a wide police deployment in the area. According to the Dallas Police Department, the attacker opened fire from the roof of a nearby building. According to the interim director of the ICE, Todd Lyons, “the victims were in the area of ’sally port”, Where are the immigrants arrested.
The shooting took place in the local ICE office in Dallas. This installation is not, but it is usually used to process the cases of the detainees after their arrest and before its transfer to a jail for migrants. Immigrants who go through this building are usually in place 24 hours.
President Trump has not spoken about the event. The American vice president, JD Vance, has written: “The obsessive attack against forces of order, particularly against ICE, must end. I am praying for all the injured in this attack and for their families.” For his part, the Governor of Texas, Republican Greg Abbott, an ally of the president, on the same social network: “Texas fully supports ICE. Both the Texas Public Security Department and the Texas National Guard closely collaborate with ICE. This murder will not stop our arrest, detention and deportation of illegal immigrants”.
So far this year, ICE facilities or the Customs Office and Border Protection (CBP) in the state of Texas have been shot at least three times. On July 4, US Independence Day, several shooters opened fire against a detention center for immigrants in Alvarado, southwest of Dallas. A police officer was injured with a shot in the neck. Three days later, a man armed with an assault rifle shot dozens of rounds against federal agents that came out of a border patrol installation in McAllen. The man wounded a police officer who responded to the scene before the authorities shot him and killed him.
And on August 25, the authorities arrested a 36 -year -old American who threatened to put a bomb in the same ICE installation in Dallas that was attacked on Wednesday. According to the Department of National Security, the man attended the office and claimed to have an explosive artifact in his backpack. In addition, he showed an agent what he said was a “detonator” on his wrist. The man was arrested and charges for terrorist threats were charged.
