A shooting at an immigration office in Dallas leaves two migrants dead and one seriously injured.
The FBI believes the attack, which also left the perpetrator dead, was directed against the Immigration Service.
A man opened fire on Wednesday at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in Dallas, Texas, killing two migrants detained there and leaving another seriously injured, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security reported.
Dallas police confirmed receiving a call at 6:40 a.m. local time requesting backup and indicated that a preliminary investigation indicates the suspect fired from a "government building" adjacent to the ICE facility. "The shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound," Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told X.
The FBI said it is investigating the attack as a "targeted act of violence" against the Immigration Service and said bullets were found near the attacker that contained "anti-ICE messages." In fact, FBI Director Kash Patel himself posted a photo on his X account showing five bullets, one of them with the message "Anti-ICE," and claimed that this evidence indicates that the attack was "ideologically motivated."
In a statement, the Department of Homeland Security said the suspect fired "indiscriminately" at the ICE building, including at a van at the entrance of the building where the victims were being held. Authorities have not provided any details about the attacker's identity.
The shooting occurred at a local ICE office—not a detention center—where agency agents process the cases of recently detained individuals. This is the third such incident this year in Texas. In July, authorities charged 10 people with participating in a shooting outside an immigration detention center in Alvarado, which left a police officer wounded. That same month, federal agents killed a man who opened fire at a Border Patrol building in MacAllen.
The Trump administration's Homeland Security secretary admitted that the motive for the shooting was unknown, but added that ICE law enforcement "is facing unprecedented violence against them." "This must stop," he wrote to X. Vice President JDVance also denounced an "obsessive attack on law enforcement, particularly ICE."
