"The incident is just the latest in a series of attacks on ICE facilities amid widespread outrage over the agency's recent, often military-style raids and arrests of undocumented migrants and some legal residents or visitors. This is part of President Donald Trump's pledge to crack down on undocumented people in the US. list of 4 itemsend of list The Department of Homeland Security said security at all ICE facilities across the US has been ramped up following the shooting."
"On Wednesday morning, about 6:40am local time (11:40 GMT), 29-year-old Joshua Jahn opened fire with a bolt-action rifle at an ICE facility southwest of Dallas Love Field airport, which serves the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. Acting ICE director Todd Lyons confirmed the suspect's age and identity following the shooting. One detainee was killed, and two others who were inside an ICE transport van at a gated entryway were critically injured. No officials were injured."
On Wednesday morning a 29-year-old man, Joshua Jahn, opened fire with a bolt-action rifle at a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility southwest of Dallas Love Field airport at about 6:40am local time. One detainee was killed and two other people inside an ICE transport van at a gated entryway were critically injured; no ICE officials were harmed. The suspect died at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot. Authorities identified Jahn and said motives remain unknown while the FBI is treating the incident as targeted violence. The Department of Homeland Security has increased security at ICE facilities nationwide amid a wave of attacks linked to outrage over recent raids and deportation actions.
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