A man was arrested after he showed up to a Dallas office of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and claimed to have a bomb in his backpack, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
DHS said in a news release that just after 6:30 p.m. on Monday, the man, later identified as Bratton Dean Wilkinson, 35, arrived at the Dallas ICE facility in the 8100 block of N. Stemmons Freeway. Wilkinson showed a security officer what he claimed was a “detonator” on his wrist, and claimed to have a bomb in his backpack, the release said.
The threat caused a shelter in place to be issued for the facility as Dallas police responded with a bomb squad, according to the release. Police later issued an all-clear at about 7:20 p.m.
Wilkinson was taken into custody by local law enforcement, the release said. He did not appear in a search of the Dallas County jail log Tuesday night. It is unclear if he has retained an attorney.
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According to the release, Wilkinson faces charges of making terroristic threats. According to CNN, Wilkinson was charged with a Class A misdemeanor of false reporting to induce emergency response.
The incident comes roughly two months after about 14 people were arrested and accused of planning an attack on an ICE facility in Alvarado. In that incident, an Alvarado police officer was shot in the neck in what officials said was a coordinated attempt to attack and kill ICE agents.
The Alvarado officer survived.