(Houston) A man opened fire on a federal immigration police (ICE) in Dallas, Texas, killing a person and wounding two others, said the American authorities on Wednesday.
“There were shots this morning at the ICE detention center in Dallas” and “the shooter committed suicide by bullet,” said internal security Kristi Noem.
“According to the first elements of the investigation, a suspect opened fire on a public building from another building. Two people injured by ball were transported to hospital. A victim died on the spot. The suspect is dead, “wrote Dallas police on the same social network.
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Police block the I-35E motorway near a office of American immigration and customs services after a shooting in Dallas, September 24, 2025.
“If we do not know the mobile, we know that our members of the police within Ice face unprecedented violence. This must end, ”said Kristi Noem.
The author could be an isolated shooter, assured the interim director of the immigration police, Todd Lyons shortly after the incident. “Preliminary information indicates that it is an ambushed shooter,” he said on CNN.
He was installed on a roof with a rifle, police sources said to the local Fox4 chain, adding that he killed himself at the arrival of police officers.
A precedent
On July 4, a police officer was injured in the neck during an attack on another retention center for migrants from the immigration police near Dallas.
According to the federal authorities, several attackers were involved, including one who pulled 20 to 30 bullets on unarmed prison agents, and several rifles, bulletproof vests and talkies-talkies had been found on the spot.
From leaflets to slogans such as “fighting terror that Ice reign by the class struggle” or “release all political prisoners” have also been found near the attacked site. Ten people were charged in this case.
Federal Immigration Police (ICE) are at the center of the massive expulsion policy implemented by the government of Donald Trump, and conducts many muscular operations of migrant arrests across the country.
This police force is thus found at the center of a political battle, the pro-Trump right welcoming its actions against illegal immigration, the left denouncing blows against undocumented migrants.
