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| 'Multiple injuries and fatalities' in shooting at ICE facility in Texas | 'Multiple injuries and fatalities' in shooting at ICE facility in Texas |
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| There have been "multiple injuries and fatalities" in a shooting at an immigration facility in Texas, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has said. | There have been "multiple injuries and fatalities" in a shooting at an immigration facility in Texas, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has said. |
| The attack happened on Wednesday morning at a Dallas field office for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). | |
| "Details are still emerging but we can confirm there were multiple injuries and fatalities," said Noem on X. | "Details are still emerging but we can confirm there were multiple injuries and fatalities," said Noem on X. |
| She added that the shooter had died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The incident follows a string of attacks on ICE facilities across the US in recent months. | |
| "While we don't know motive yet, we know that our ICE law enforcement is facing unprecedented violence against them," Noem said. "It must stop." | |
| Preliminary information suggests a sniper carried out the shooting from outside the facility and hit victims in a "secure detainee location", Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons told CNN. | |
| He said three individuals were "down", including the suspected shooter. | |
| "We're not sure on their condition," Lyons said. | |
| Last month shots were fired at ICE offices in San Antonio, Texas, in what investigators described as a "targeted attack" against federal employees. | |
| No injuries were reported in that incident, which ICE blamed on "political rhetoric" and "misinformation" about the Trump administration's detention policies. | |
| Another shooting occurred on the 4 July public holiday at an ICE facility in Alvarado, Texas, after a protest escalated into a faceoff with police. An officer shot in the neck survived. | |
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