A shooting at an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Dallas has left one detainee dead and two others critically injured, with the assailant dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to authorities.
The Department of Homeland Security issued a statement on Wednesday afternoon to say that one detainee is dead and two others remain in critical condition — correcting an earlier report that said two detainees were dead.
Senior law enforcement officials briefed on the investigation have identified 29-year-old Joshua Jahn as the suspect, NBC News reported.
The FBI is investigating Wednesday’s shooting as “an act of targeted violence,” said Joe Rothrock, FBI special agent in charge of the Dallas, at a press briefing Wednesday. He noted that rounds found near the suspected shooter “contained messages that were anti-ICE in nature.”
No law enforcement officers were hurt. Rothrock said authorities are not releasing the identities of the victims.
Dallas Police Chief Daniel Comeaux said police responded to the shooting at about 6:40 a.m., where they found four people with gunshot wounds. Two of the people were dead, including the shooter, Comeaux said.
On social media, Dallas police posted that a 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.”
An ICE spokesperson, describing the situation to NBC News as “fluid,” identified the three people who were shot as detainees, adding, “the shooting suspect fired multiple rounds from a nearby roof or elevated position down on the field office’s sally port, or secure entryway.”
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem commented on the incident on X, writing, “Details are still emerging but we can confirm there were multiple injuries and fatalities. The shooter is deceased by a self-inflicted gun shot wound. While we don’t know motive yet, we know that our ICE law enforcement is facing unprecedented violence against them. It must stop. Please pray for the victims and their families.”
“This needs to stop,” said Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, at the briefing. “Violence is wrong — politically motivated violence is wrong.”
“To every politician who is using rhetoric demonizing ICE and demonizing CBP: Stop. To every politician demanding that ICE agents be doxxed and calling for people to go after their families, stop,” Cruz said. “This has very real consequences.”
