Three people were injured at a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Dallas on Wednesday morning.
Law enforcement told CNN that at least two of the victims were Ice detainees. Todd Lyons, the acting Ice director, told the network that three people were shot and all were taken to the hospital.
An Ice spokesperson told NBC News that all three people shot were detainees at the facility, and no Ice agents were shot or hurt.
Kristi Noem, the Department of Homeland security secretary, confirmed on X that the suspected shooter died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound and wrote: “While we don’t know motive yet, we know that our Ice law enforcement is facing unprecedented violence against them. It must stop.”
Dallas Police said in a post on X that they responded to a call on 24 September “at about 6:40am”.
“The preliminary investigation determined that a suspect opened fire at a government building from an adjacent building. Two people were transported to the hospital with gunshot wounds. One victim died at the scene. The suspect is deceased. This is an ongoing investigation, and we hold a media briefing later today,” they wrote.
JD Vance, the vice-president, called the shooting an “obsessive attack on law enforcement” that “must stop”. Though, as noted above, no Ice agents were injured.
“I’m praying for everyone hurt in this attack and for their families,” Vance wrote on X.