Deadly Shooting at Dallas ICE Facility Targeted Federal Law Enforcement, Agency Head Says
DALLAS, TX – A shooting at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in dallas on Wednesday morning left one detainee dead and two others critically wounded, ICE officials confirmed. The agency’s acting director, Patrick Lyons, described the incident as a intentional attack on federal law enforcement, stating the shooter’s actions “could have been worse” given the location and weapon used.
Lyons said a group of detainees, recently arrested by ICE, were inside a vehicle at the time of the shooting. The shooter, identified as 29-year-old joshua Jahn, fired from a nearby rooftop using a “high-powered rifle,” Lyons said, noting the facility is located near a busy interstate and commercial areas.
“He could have, in his indiscriminate fire, hit people traveling to work, civilians on the ground,” Lyons told CBS News. “It was a vrey scary situation.”
Officials discovered bullet casings at the scene bearing anti-ICE messaging, leading Lyons to believe Jahn specifically targeted ICE personnel. “When you have anti-ICE rhetoric written on the bullets, you know who they’re targeting,” he stated.
Lyons indicated preliminary information suggests Jahn acted alone. While ICE had already been operating under a “higher threat posture,” the agency will “reevaluate how we’re doing operations” considering the shooting.
despite the attack, Lyons affirmed that ICE operations, including the agency’s large-scale deportation efforts directed by President Trump, would not be slowed. “We won’t be stopped by it,” he said. “We’re gonna ensure that we’re out there taking these public safety threats off the street, but we will have to go ahead and ensure that the men and women of ICE have all the equipment they need, all the protection they need and all the support they need.”
