DALLAS — A shooting at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Dallas Wednesday morning has left the shooter and one other person dead and two others critically injured, according to officials.
The Dallas Police Department said that officers were called to the area at around 6:40 a.m. after a person opened fired at a "government building" from another building. The sniper fired "indiscriminately" at the ICE building, including at a van where the victims were shot.
According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), three people detained by ICE were shot. One of the detainees has died and the other two are in critical condition. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed that the shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
DHS originally reported that the shooter and two other people had died, but the department later issued a correction Wednesday afternoon saying only one of the detainees has died. Officials said no agents were injured in the attack.
A law enforcement official identified the suspected shooter as 29-year-old Joshua Jahn. The official could not publicly disclose details of the investigation and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
Hours after the shooting, authorities could be seen on top of a law office building near the ICE facility. A white van from the medical examiner’s office arrived. A crew could be seen loading in a body that was in a black bag before driving away.
Joseph Rothrock, the special agent in charge of the FBI Dallas Field Office, said that his office was investigating the incident as an act of targeted violence.
"What I can share with you is that early evidence we're seen from rounds that were found near the suspected shooter contain messages that are anti-ICE in nature. Again, this is just the most recent example of this type of attack," Rothrock said.
FBI Director Kash Patel tweeted a photo of the supposed bullet casings from the scene.
A heavy police presence was seen at the facility at 8101 North Stemmons Freeway off Interstate 35E. The service road there was closed.
Vice President JD Vance posted on X about the shooting saying, "The obsessive attack on law enforcement, particularly ICE, must stop. I'm praying for everyone hurt in this attack and for their families."
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said he is closely monitoring the situation, and he is "praying for the swift recovery of those injured."
"This needs to stop. Violence is wrong. Political violence is wrong," Cruz said at a news conference near the facility in Dallas.
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, called the shooting "horrific" and said his staff has been in touch with officials to make sure all resources are available for the investigation.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called the shooting an "assassination" in a post on X, and he said it would not slow the "arrest, detention, & deportation of illegal immigrants."
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton also posted on X asking for people to "pray for the victims of this heinous shooting."
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) condemned the violence in a statement.
"Violence is never the answer, and our nation must not normalize these horrific acts," said Roman Palomares, LULAC national president and chairman of the board. "We grieve with the families of the victims and urge Americans to lower the temperature in our public discourse."
This comes after multiple incidents at ICE offices in Texas this year. In August, a man was arrested for allegedly making a bomb threat against officers at the same Dallas facility. On July 4, a shooting occured outside an immigration detention center in Alvarado, which is about 40 miles southwest of Dallas. A police officer was shot in the neck, and at least 11 people have been charged in connection to the attack.
A man with an assault rifle fired dozens of rounds at federal agents as they were leaving a U.S. Border Patrol facility in McAllen on July 7. The man, identified as Ryan Louis Mosqueda, injured a police officer who responded to the scene before authorities shot and killed him. Police later found other weaponry, ammunition and backpacks inside his car.
This is a developing story.