Shooting in Dallas Leaves Two Dead at Migrant Detention Center
DALLAS, TX – A shooting in Dallas, Texas, left two people dead Monday after a gunman targeted a migrant detention center. The shooter, a white man armed with a rifle, was positioned on a roof and died by suicide upon the arrival of police officers, according to local sources at Fox4.
The incident is under investigation by the FBI,with Deputy director Dan Bongino stating on X,”The FBI is fully engaged,in collaboration with our partners of the federal and state forces,on the crime scene in dallas.” Preliminary findings shared by the Department of Internal Security indicate the shooter deliberately targeted a van entering the building. Disturbingly, the director of the local FBI office reported that bullets found near the shooter’s body were engraved with “anti-Ile” messages, as also shared on X by Kash Patel.
The targeted facility is a detention center used by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which has carried out extensive migrant arrests and detentions across the country, with over 8,400 people having passed through the center as the Trump governance. The shooting has prompted reactions from political figures. Vice President JD Vance characterized the event as part of a pattern of “Obsessive attacks against the police, especially the ICE.” Senator Ted Cruz stated on X that he was “Following closely [the] situation” and commended the “Brave first speakers who rushed to the scene.”