{"id":252250,"date":"2025-09-24T23:44:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T23:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/252250\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T23:44:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T23:44:12","slug":"1-detainee-killed-and-2-injured-in-dallas-ice-shooting-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/252250\/","title":{"rendered":"1 detainee killed and 2 injured in Dallas ICE shooting, officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"

DALLAS (AP) \u2014 A shooter with a rifle opened fire from a nearby roof onto a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> location in Dallas on Wednesday, killing one detainee and wounding two others in a transport van before taking his own life, authorities said.<\/p>\n

The suspect was identified by a law enforcement official as 29-year-old Joshua Jahn. The official could not publicly disclose details of the investigation and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n

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Law enforcement agents investigate the roof of an apartment building near the scene of a shooting at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Dallas on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. (AP Photo\/Julio Cortez)<\/p>\n

Law enforcement agents investigate the roof of an apartment building near the scene of a shooting at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Dallas on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. (AP Photo\/Julio Cortez)<\/p>\n

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The exact motivation for the attack was not immediately known. FBI Director Kash Patel posted a photo on social media showing a bullet found at the scene with \u201cANTI-ICE\u201d written on it.<\/p>\n

The attack is the latest public, targeted killing in the U.S., coming two weeks after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was killed<\/a> by a rifle-wielding shooter and as heightened immigration enforcement has prompted backlash against ICE agents and fear in immigrant communities.<\/p>\n

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\n AP AUDIO: 1 detainee killed and 2 others critically injured in Dallas ICE facility, Homeland Security says\n <\/p>\n

AP correspondent Julie Walker reports on a deadly shooting at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Texas.<\/p>\n

The American Immigration Lawyers Association called the shootings \u201ca stark reminder that behind every immigration case number is a human being deserving of dignity, safety, and respect.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhether they are individuals navigating the immigration process, public servants carrying out their duties, or professionals working within the system, all deserve to be free from violence and fear,\u201d the group said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that shots were fired \u201cindiscriminately at the ICE building, including at a van in the sallyport,\u201d a secure and gated entryway.<\/p>\n

The wounded detainees were in critical condition at a hospital, said DHS, which previously said two detainees were killed and one was wounded before issuing a correction.<\/p>\n

No ICE agents were injured.<\/p>\n

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Edwin Cardona, left, who had an appointment at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office, stands with his wife Arianny Sierra and their sons, after a shooting at the facility, in Dallas on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. (AP Photo\/Julio Cortez)<\/p>\n

Edwin Cardona, left, who had an appointment at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office, stands with his wife Arianny Sierra and their sons, after a shooting at the facility, in Dallas on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. (AP Photo\/Julio Cortez)<\/p>\n

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By the evening, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem ordered more security at ICE facilities across the U.S., according to a post by DHS on the social platform X.<\/p>\n

\u2018Targeted violence\u2019<\/p>\n

At a midday news conference, authorities gave few details about the shooting and did not release the names of the victims or the gunman.<\/p>\n

The FBI said it was investigating the shooting as \u201can act of targeted violence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Officers responded to a call to assist an officer on North Stemmons Freeway around 6:40 a.m. and determined that someone had opened fire at a government building from an adjacent building, Dallas police spokesperson Officer Jonathen E. Maner said via email.<\/p>\n

The gunman used a bolt action rifle, according to a law enforcement official who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n

Edwin Cardona, an immigrant from Venezuela, said he was entering the ICE building with his son for an appointment around 6:20 a.m. when he heard gunshots. An agent took people who were inside to a more secure area and said there was an active shooter.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was afraid for my family, because my family was outside. I felt terrible, because I thought something could happen to them. Thank God, no,\u201d Cardona said.<\/p>\n

Cardona said they were later reunited.<\/p>\n

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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas talks about the shooting at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas during a news conference on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. (AP Photo\/Julio Cortez)<\/p>\n

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas talks about the shooting at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas during a news conference on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. (AP Photo\/Julio Cortez)<\/p>\n

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The ICE facility is along Interstate 35 East, just southwest of Dallas Love Field, a large airport serving the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area, and blocks from hotels.<\/p>\n

Who was Joshua Jahn?<\/p>\n

Hours after the shooting, FBI agents gathered at a suburban Dallas home that public records link to Jahn.<\/p>\n

It sits on a tree-lined cul-de-sac in a neighborhood dotted with one- and two-story brick homes. The street was blocked by a Fairview police vehicle, but officials wearing FBI jackets could be seen in the front yard.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Collin College in nearby McKinney, said via email that a Joshua Jahn studied there \u201cat various times\u201d between 2013 and 2018.<\/p>\n

Martyna Kowalczyk, CEO of Texas-based Solartime USA, said in a statement that Jahn worked for her company for less than a few months \u201cmany years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

In late 2017, Jahn drove cross-country to work a minimum-wage job harvesting marijuana for several months, according to Ryan Sanderson, owner of a legal cannabis farm in Washington state.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a young kid, a thousand miles from home, didn\u2019t really seem to have any direction, living out of his car at such a young age,\u201d Sanderson told AP. \u201cI don\u2019t remember him being that abnormal. He didn\u2019t seem to fight with anyone or cause trouble. He kept his head down and stayed working.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sanderson said he tried to keep Jahn longer because he \u201cfelt bad for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Calls for an end to political violence<\/p>\n

Shortly after the shooting and before officials said at least one victim was a detainee, Vice President JD Vance posted on X that \u201cthe obsessive attack on law enforcement, particularly ICE, must stop.\u201d<\/p>\n

Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, who represents Texas, continued in that direction, calling for an end to political violence<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cTo every politician who is using rhetoric demonizing ICE and demonizing CPB: Stop,\u201d Cruz told reporters, referencing Customs and Border Protection.<\/p>\n

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson called the shooting not just an attack on law enforcement and the victims but \u201can attack on our community and on our nation\u2019s heritage of civil and democratic discourse.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Catholic Legal Immigration Network, an advocacy group, said the shootings are \u201ca heartbreaking reminder of the violence and fear that too often touch the lives of migrants and the communities where they live.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cViolence must never be allowed to define how we respond to migration,\u201d said Anna Gallagher, the group\u2019s executive director. <\/p>\n

The Rev. Ashley Anne Sipe, who prays outside the Dallas ICE facility every Monday said: \u201cViolence doesn\u2019t heal anything.\u201d <\/p>\n

Sipe and other local faith leaders who have decried deportations hold weekly vigils and serve as \u201cmoral witnesses.\u201d They pray and observe for about three hours, watching as immigrants enter the building to meet with advisers and report for check-ins.<\/p>\n

Sipe said she has noticed in recent months that people who enter are shuttled away on buses.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re taking them away, and we don\u2019t know where they\u2019re taking them,\u201d Sipe said.<\/p>\n

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Law enforcement gather at a staging area close to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office after a reported shooting, in Dallas on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. (AP Photo\/Julio Cortez)<\/p>\n

Law enforcement gather at a staging area close to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office after a reported shooting, in Dallas on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. (AP Photo\/Julio Cortez)<\/p>\n

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Noem: ICE agents targeted<\/p>\n

Noem noted a recent uptick in targeting of ICE agents.<\/p>\n

On July 4 attackers in black, military-style clothing opened fire<\/a> outside the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, southwest of Dallas, federal prosecutors said. One police officer was injured. At least 11 people have been charged in connection with the attack.<\/p>\n

Days later a man with an assault rifle fired dozens of rounds<\/a> at federal agents leaving a U.S. Border Patrol facility in McAllen. The man, identified as Ryan Louis Mosqueda, injured a police officer who responded to the scene before authorities shot and killed him.<\/p>\n

And in suburban Chicago, federal authorities erected a fence around an immigration processing center after tensions flared with protesters. President Donald Trump\u2019s administration has stepped up immigration enforcement in the Chicago area, resulting in hundreds of arrests.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the latest immigration operation, federal officials boarded up windows at the center. Sixteen people have been arrested outside, according to authorities who called the activists \u201crioters.\u201d<\/p>\n

Attacks, escapes concern at some ICE offices<\/p>\n

Dozens of field offices across the country house administrative employees and are used for people summoned for check-in appointments and to process people arrested before they are transferred to long-term detention centers. They are not designed to hold people in custody.<\/p>\n

Security varies by location, with some located in federal buildings and others mixed with private businesses, said John Torres, a former acting director of the agency and former head of what is now called its enforcement and removals division.<\/p>\n

Some, like Dallas, have exposed loading areas for buses, which pose risks for escape and outside attack, Torres said. Other vulnerabilities are nearby vantage points for snipers and long lines forming outside without protection.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would assure you that ICE, after today, is going to be a taking a hard look at physical security assessments for all of their facilities,\u201d said Torres, currently head of security and technology consulting at Guidepost Solutions.<\/p>\n

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Brook reported from New Orleans. Associated Press journalists Sarah Brumfield in Cockeysville, Maryland, Kathy McCormack in Concord, New Hampshire, Jeff Martin and R.J. Rico in Atlanta, Sophia Tareen in Chicago, Mike Balsamo in New York and Julio Cortez in Dallas contributed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DALLAS (AP) \u2014 A shooter with a rifle opened fire from a nearby roof onto a U.S. Immigration…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":252251,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,133388,133384,119587,19719,1596,69,133387,39778,57,4222,76602,409,2066,133389,133383,43497,2399,133385,133386,3677,4411,358,3187,5028,3676,51507,2065,61,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-252250","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-anna-gallagher","10":"tag-ashley-anne-sipe","11":"tag-assassination-of-charlie-kirk","12":"tag-charlie-kirk","13":"tag-dallas","14":"tag-donald-trump","15":"tag-edwin-cardona","16":"tag-eric-johnson","17":"tag-general-news","18":"tag-gun-violence","19":"tag-immigrant-detention","20":"tag-immigration","21":"tag-jd-vance","22":"tag-john-torres","23":"tag-joshua-jahn","24":"tag-kash-patel","25":"tag-kristi-noem","26":"tag-ryan-louis-mosqueda","27":"tag-ryan-sanderson","28":"tag-shootings","29":"tag-ted-cruz","30":"tag-texas","31":"tag-tx","32":"tag-tx-state-wire","33":"tag-u-s-department-of-homeland-security","34":"tag-u-s-federal-bureau-of-investigation","35":"tag-u-s-immigration-and-customs-enforcement","36":"tag-u-s-news","37":"tag-united-states","38":"tag-united-states-of-america","39":"tag-unitedstates","40":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","41":"tag-us","42":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}