A shooter with a rifle opened fire from a nearby roof onto a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement location in Dallas on Wednesday, killing two detainees and wounding another before taking his own life, authorities said.
The exact motivation of the attack was not immediately known. The FBI said at a morning news conference that ammunition found at the scene contained anti-ICE messaging. The head of the agency, Kash Patel, released a photo on social media that shows a bullet containing the words “ANTI-ICE” written in what appears to be marker.“
The shooter fired indiscriminately at the ICE building, including at a van in the sallyport where the victims were shot,” the Department of Homeland Security said in a release.
The detainee who survived was in critical condition at a hospital, DHS said.
Here’s what we know about the shooting:
The victims: Parkland Hospital has received two patients from the shooting, hospital spokesperson April Foran said by telephone. She did not have any details about their conditions. A third person died at the scene after the shooting, according to Dallas police spokesperson Officer Jonathen E. Maner.FBI investigates shooting as ‘an act of targeted violence’: “Early evidence that we’ve seen from rounds that were found near the suspected shooter contain messages that were anti-ICE in nature,” said Joe Rothrock, special agent in charge of the Dallas field office. FBI Director Kash Patel released a photo on social media that shows a bullet containing the words “ANTI-ICE” written in what appears to be marker.Updates take time: Compiling accurate and thorough information after a shooting takes time. Reporters are working to piece together the details from eyewitness accounts, authorities and other sources.