1 detainee killed, 2 injured in shooting at Dallas ICE facility
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Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson speaks during a news conference after a shooting at an ICE detention facility in Dallas on Sept. 24. Photo: Aric Becker/AFP via Getty Images
One detainee is dead, and two more are in critical condition after a sniper opened fire on a Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility Wednesday morning, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed.
The big picture: Law enforcement found the suspected shooter dead, according to the Dallas Police Department. The FBI is investigating the incident as an "act of targeted violence."
- Acting ICE director Todd Lyons said the shooter was "down" after a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
- ICE is the key agency carrying out President Trump's aggressive immigration crackdown.
The latest: Lyons confirmed that the suspect identified was 29-year-old Joshua Jahn during media interviews Wednesday.
- "He was known to law enforcement," Lyons told Fox News.
Driving the news: "The shooter fired indiscriminately at the ICE building, including at a van in the sallyport where the victims were shot," DHS said in a press release.
- Three detainees were shot in total from a nearby rooftop.
- "The shell casings were found with anti-ICE messages on them. This was an attack on ICE law enforcement," the DHS statement read.
Zoom out: Joe Rothrock, the special agent in charge of the Dallas FBI field office, said in a news conference, "early evidence" of rounds found near the suspected shooter contained messages that were "anti-ICE in nature."
- No law enforcement were hurt, he said, but he did not release victims' names, say if they were detainees or say their current conditions. Two people were taken to the hospital after being shot, and one victim died at the scene, according to Dallas police.
Catch up quick: Police responded to the office around 6:40am Dallas time.
- Preliminary information pointed to a possible sniper who fired shots from outside the facility, Lyons told CNN Wednesday morning.
- "It's just a sad time that we have to worry about violence against law enforcement," he said.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said in a statement that the shooting "will NOT slow our arrest, detention, & deportation of illegal immigrants."
Zoom out: In July, a police officer was shot outside of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Alvarado, Texas, in what acting U.S. Attorney Nancy Larson described as an "ambush."
Go deeper: Local officials grow wary of helping ICE detain immigrants
Editor's note: This story and headline have been updated after DHS revised its statement to say one victim (not two) died from their injuries. Two remain in critical condition. It has also been updated with comment from acting ICE director Todd Lyons.
