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At least one person killed in shooting at ICE facility in Texas | |
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One person has died and two others are injured after being shot by a suspected sniper at an immigration facility in Texas, officials say. | One person has died and two others are injured after being shot by a suspected sniper at an immigration facility in Texas, officials say. |
The shooter is also dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after the incident in Dallas, said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. | The shooter is also dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after the incident in Dallas, said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. |
The attack unfolded on Wednesday morning at a detention centre for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). | The attack unfolded on Wednesday morning at a detention centre for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). |
The incident follows a string of attacks on ICE facilities across the US in recent months. | The incident follows a string of attacks on ICE facilities across the US in recent months. |
The motive or targets of the attack are unclear. Fox News quoted officials as saying no law enforcement officers had been injured. | The motive or targets of the attack are unclear. Fox News quoted officials as saying no law enforcement officers had been injured. |
"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." | "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." |
Dallas police said on X: "The preliminary investigation determined that a suspect opened fire at a government building from an adjacent building. | Dallas police said on X: "The preliminary investigation determined that a suspect opened fire at a government building from an adjacent building. |
"Two people were transported to the hospital with gunshot wounds. One victim died at the scene. The suspect is deceased." | "Two people were transported to the hospital with gunshot wounds. One victim died at the scene. The suspect is deceased." |
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. | 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. | He said three individuals were "down", including the suspected shooter. |
"We're not sure on their condition," Lyons said. | "We're not sure on their condition," Lyons said. |
Assistant Secretary at Department of Homeland Security, Tricia McLaughlin, said "detainees were among the victims". | |
"We know our ICE law enforcement was not injured but we are not sure about local security and other local law enforcement," McLaughlin told Fox News. | |
The ICE field office in Dallas has been targeted by a series of protests this summer. | The ICE field office in Dallas has been targeted by a series of protests this summer. |
A man was arrested in August after he entered the facility claiming to have a bomb in his backpack, according to the Department of Homeland Security. | |
The 36-year-old US citizen, Bratton Dean Wilkinson, had shown the building's security staff a device on his wrist that he described as a bomb "detonator," the DHS said. | |
A senior DHS official said at the the time: "These incidents come after months of smears and rhetoric by activists, politicians, and the media comparing ICE law enforcement to the Nazi Gestapo, kidnappers, and the Secret Police." | |
Last month shots were fired at ICE offices in San Antonio, Texas. No injuries were reported in that incident, which ICE blamed on "political rhetoric". | |
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 was shot in the neck, and survived. | 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 was shot in the neck, and survived. |
US Vice-President JD Vance posted on X on Wednesday: "The obsessive attack on law enforcement, particularly ICE, must stop. I'm praying for everyone hurt in this attack and for their families." | US Vice-President JD Vance posted on X on Wednesday: "The obsessive attack on law enforcement, particularly ICE, must stop. I'm praying for everyone hurt in this attack and for their families." |