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A gunman who wrote “Anti-ICE” on an unused bullet killed one detainee and wounded two others when he fired on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Dallas, officials said.
The gunman, who opened fire “indiscriminately” on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office from the roof of a nearby building, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a statement.
The shooter’s precise motive was still under investigation, but the FBI said he appears to have been directly targeting ICE, the agency chiefly responsible for carrying out US President Donald Trump’s pledge to expel millions of undocumented migrants.
“Early evidence that we’ve seen from rounds that were found near the suspected shooter contain messages that are anti-ICE in nature,” FBI special agent Joe Rothrock told a press conference.
FBI director Kash Patel published a photo on X of five unspent bullets — one of which was marked with the words “Anti-ICE” — and denounced what he called “despicable, politically motivated attacks against law enforcement.”
The DHS said the shooter “fired indiscriminately at the ICE building, including at a van in the sallyport where the victims were shot”.
One detainee was killed and two other are in critical condition, the department said.
The ICE facility which came under attack processes detainees before they are transferred to a long-term detention centre, according to US media reports.
Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem and vice president JD Vance condemned rhetoric directed at ICE since Trump’s return to office.
“For months, we’ve been warning politicians and the media to tone down their rhetoric about ICE law enforcement before someone was killed,” Noem said on X. “These horrendous killings must serve as a wake-up call to the far-left that their rhetoric about ICE has consequences.”
ICE’s prominent role in the Trump immigration crackdown has sparked widespread criticism over its use of armed, masked agents to conduct raids in public places against undocumented migrants.
After ICE immigration raids in Los Angeles spurred unrest and protests earlier this year, Trump dispatched the US national guard and marines to the California city.
Another ICE facility in Texas was the target of an attack in July that left a police officer wounded in the neck.
