A gunman who wrote “ANTI-ICE” on an unused bullet killed two detainees and wounded one other on Wednesday (Sep 24) at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement discipline workplace in Dallas earlier than taking their very own life, officers mentioned.
FBI Director Kash Patel posted a photograph on X of what he mentioned had been the suspect’s unspent shell casings that confirmed one with the phrases “ANTI-ICE” written alongside the aspect.
“Whereas the investigation is ongoing, an preliminary evaluation of the proof exhibits an ideological motive behind this assault,” Patel wrote.
In a press release, the Division of Homeland Safety mentioned the suspect fired “indiscriminately” on the ICE constructing, together with at a van within the constructing’s secured entryway the place the victims had been shot.
At a information briefing in Dallas, officers disclosed the existence of the shell casings however emphasised that the investigation was nonetheless in its early levels. Authorities had been treating the assault as an “act of focused violence,” Joseph Rothrock, particular agent-in-charge of the FBI’s Dallas discipline workplace, informed reporters.
Officers didn’t provide any particulars concerning the suspect’s id.
The shooter opened hearth on the workplace from an adjoining constructing round 6.40am native time (7.40pm, Singapore time), police mentioned. Two folks had been transported to a hospital with gunshot wounds, whereas a 3rd particular person died on the scene.
Regulation enforcement officers weren’t injured within the capturing, officers mentioned. The assault came about at an ICE discipline workplace, not a detention facility, the place ICE officers conduct short-term processing of recently-arrested detainees.
