ICE shooting in Dallas: Detainees reported dead, wounded

A gunman on Wednesday opened fire at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas, killing one detainee and critically wounding two other detainees, officials said.

The gunman was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after firing “indiscriminately” at the ICE field office building from a nearby rooftop, the Department of Homeland Security said. No ICE officers were hurt in the attack.

DHS initially reported that two of the victims had been killed, but later issued a corrected press release.

The suspect was identified as 29-year-old Joshua Jahn, who has lived in Texas and Oklahoma, senior law enforcement officials told NBC News.

FBI Director Kash Patel said an “initial review of the evidence shows an [ideological] motive behind this attack.”

“One of the unspent shell casings recovered was engraved with the phrase ‘ANTI ICE,” Patel wrote in a post on X, which included a photo of the casings.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and other top Trump administration officials quickly linked the attack to what they characterized as extreme left-wing rhetoric against ICE.

“This vile attack was motivated by hatred for ICE,” Noem said. “This shooting must serve as a wake-up call to the far-left that their rhetoric about ICE has consequences.”

President Donald Trump, in a Truth Social post, connected the Dallas incident to the recent assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk by a shooter who allegedly opposed Kirk’s political conduct.

“I will be signing an Executive Order this week to dismantle these Domestic Terrorism Networks,” Trump wrote in the post, without elaborating.

Jahn was registered to vote as an independent, according to NBC, citing officials.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin in a statement called the Dallas shooting “another horrific act of violence.”

“Let me be clear: It will take all of us — not just one side of the aisle or the other — to quell this epidemic of violence, which has no place in our democracy,” Martin said.

“Democrats remain committed to resolving differences through debate and elections, not with weapons. We also remain committed to enacting commonsense solutions to curb gun violence all across our country,” he said.

ICE has become a locus of controversy in Trump’s second term as it carries out unprecedented operations to remove millions of undocumented immigrants from the United States.

Joe Rothrock, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Dallas field office, said the shooting was only the latest example of violence targeting ICE in Texas.

Rothrock noted that there was a “coordinated attack” on an immigrant detention center in the city of Alvarado on July 4.

In that incident, 10 were charged with attempted murder of a federal officer and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a violent crime.

A federal criminal complaint says that the group shot fireworks toward the center and vandalized vehicles and the facility.

An Alvarado police officer police officer who responded to the disturbance was shot in the neck by one of the people in the crowd, and another person shot multiple rounds at correctional officers, the complaint alleged.

At Wednesday’s conference, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson thanked law enforcement who responded to the shooting, and called for people to come together in prayer for the nation.

“There’s a lot going on right now in our country, a lot that’s confusing,” Johnson said.

“Please pray for everyone who’s affected by today’s tragedy.”

Johnson called for patience from the public while the investigation into the shooting continues.