US Government Revises ICE Shooting Death Toll from Two to One

All Three Victims Were Detainees at the Facility

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced that one person was killed and two others were injured in connection with the shooting incident that occurred on September 24 (local time) at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Dallas, Texas.

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Earlier that day, the Department of Homeland Security had stated in an initial announcement that "three detainees at the facility were shot, with two of them dead and the other in critical condition." The department later corrected this in a statement posted on its website, clarifying, "One detainee has died, and the other two are in critical condition."

In this statement, the Department of Homeland Security said, "This morning, a deranged gunman attacked the ICE field office from a nearby rooftop," adding, "The shooter indiscriminately fired at the ICE building and at a van located at the facility entrance, hitting the victims who were inside the vehicle." The statement continued, "The shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound."

According to the Dallas Police Department, a call for assistance was received at around 6:40 a.m. at the temporary ICE detention facility in Dallas, prompting officers to respond to the scene. Upon arrival, police found three shooting victims lying on the ground. One was pronounced dead at the scene, while the other two were transported to the hospital.

The shooter was found dead on the rooftop of a building near the ICE facility. Authorities believe the attack was ideologically motivated, as shell casings found in the shooter's possession were inscribed with anti-ICE messages. Cathy Patel, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that "while the investigation is ongoing, initial evidence analysis indicates this attack was ideologically motivated," and noted that "one of the recovered unused shell casings was engraved with the words 'ANTI ICE.'"

According to CNN and other sources, the facility where the incident occurred is a location where individuals arrested by ICE agents are held for less than 24 hours before being transferred to a formal detention center. Last summer, the facility typically housed several dozen detainees at a time, but has held as many as 155 people.

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