Bullet holes are visible in windows in the rear of the Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement office after a shooting on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025, in Dallas. The suspected shooter died from a self inflicted gunshot wound, according to authorities.Angela Piazza/Staff PhotographerEarly Wednesday morning, gunfire erupted at Dallas' U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office, located just off of Interstate 35E in the Stemmons Corridor.The attack, which officials have said was targeted against ICE agents, left three detainees shot, one fatally.Article continues below this adDepartment of Homeland Security officials have identified the three victims who were shot as Norlan Guzmán Fuentes, from El Salvador, who was killed when a gunman fired on the office building at around 6:30 a.m.; Jose Andres Bordones-Molina, from Venezuela; and Miguel Ángel García-Hernandez, from Mexico.The shooter, 29-year-old Joshua Jahn of Fairview, was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound near the office. No law enforcement officers were injured in the shooting.Dallas News LogoMake Dallas News a preferred source so your search results prioritize writing by actual people, not AI.Add Preferred SourcePresident Donald Trump and other federal officials have decried the shooting as an attack from "radical leftists" and placed blame on rhetoric often used to criticize ICE.Article continues below this adOfficials said at a news conference Thursday that writings discovered at Jahn's residence indicated he harbored hatred for the federal government and planned the attack months in advance. One writing of Jahn's compared ICE's work to "human trafficking," officials said.The Department of Homeland Security, the federal agency under which ICE operates, announced security would be increased at DHS facilities across the nation in the wake of the attack. Homeland Security officials have also said ICE agents are facing a "1000% increase" in assaults, though the agency has not provided data supporting this.DHS spokesperson Dexter Henson said Thursday the increase is "a comparison of assaults and attacks at our facilities comparing previous years."Article continues below this adICE has been the subject of criticism in recent months over Trump's approach to enforcing immigration policy, which has resulted in increased arrests of migrants believed to have entered the country illegally, including at immigration court proceedings.Pro-immigrant supporters have protested the Earle Cabell federal court building in downtown Dallas, as well as at ICE's field office in Dallas. Some protesters during June's "No Kings Day" also decried ICE's tactics and criticized the agency.Protesters also gathered outside a multiday ICE hiring event in Arlington last month.Article continues below this adCritics of ICE often condemn poor conditions in holding facilities and enforcement agents' use of masks, which officials say is needed to protect the identities of officers in case of retaliatory attacks.Several instances of violence and threats of violence, officials said, have been directed at ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection in North Texas and across the state in recent months.At about 6:40 a.m. Wednesday morning, a swarm of police descended upon Dallas' ICE field office, located in the 8100 block of Stemmons Freeway, after a shooter opened fire on the facility. Officials have said the shooter was firing "indiscriminately" at vehicles at the facility and struck ICE detainees who were inside a transport van at the building's sally port.Article continues below this adPhotos from the scene also showed bullet holes in the office's windows.Kash Patel, director of the FBI, posted a photo to X shortly after the shooting that showed a clip containing five unfired bullets on a rainy surface. One of the bullets had the words "ANTI-ICE" written on it in what appears to be marker.Patel said the messaging showed an "ideological motive" behind the attack. In another X post the day after the shooting, Patel said the suspected shooter had downloaded a list of DHS facilities and searched apps used to locate ICE agents leading up to the shooting, showing a "high degree of pre-attack planning."Patel also said investigators recovered a handwritten note from the suspect, in which he wrote, "Hopefully this will give ICE agents real terror."Article continues below this adBomb threat at Dallas ICE officeA 35-year-old man was arrested in late August after he arrived at the same ICE facility where the shooting occurred and claimed to have a bomb in his backpack.Bratton Dean Wilkinson is alleged by police to have walked up to a rear entrance of the facility at about 6:38 p.m. on Aug. 25 and demanded entry, showing a security officer a wristwatch-like device on his wrist. He claimed the device was a detonator and that he had a bomb in his backpack, according to an arrest-warrant affidavit.Wilkinson allegedly told police that a person armed with a handgun got in his car and ordered him to put on the backpack and drive to the ICE office.Article continues below this adThe backpack was found to contain only clothes, a screwdriver, a bottle of peroxide and a pair of binoculars, and did not contain "any items that could have caused harm to anyone," the affidavit said.Despite the threat being fake, a shelter-in-place was issued for the facility, and a Dallas police bomb squad responded to the scene.Wilkinson was booked into the Dallas County jail and later bonded out. Dallas police said at the time of his arrest that he faces a Class A misdemeanor charge of false reporting to induce emergency response, while an arrest-warrant affidavit indicated Wilkinson faces a charge of terroristic threat, a third-degree felony.Wilkinson has also been federally charged with false information and hoaxes, according to federal court documents.Article continues below this adMcAllen Border Patrol facility shootingA 27-year-old man was killed by police on July 7 after he opened fire on a U.S. Border Patrol facility in McAllen, which injured two officers and a border patrol employee.Ryan Louis Mosqueda opened fire on the facility with an assault-style rifle, authorities said. The shooting took place at a facility across the street from McAllen International Airport.McAllen, a city of about 150,000, is located in South Texas' Rio Grande Valley along the U.S.-Mexico border.Article continues below this adPrairieland shootingAt least 14 people are facing charges in connection with an attack at an ICE detention facility in Alvarado that left a police officer injured.The Prairieland Detention Center, located about 35 miles southwest of downtown Dallas, was the site of a protest that later escalated into a shooting. Federal law enforcement officials allege a group conspired to attack the facility, which has been criticized for allegedly having poor holding conditions for detainees.Article continues below this adOfficials alleged people shot fireworks and graffitied cars in an effort to draw correctional workers outside the facility. As the workers came out to talk with the group, an Alvarado police officer arrived at the scene.A suspect standing in a wooded area near the facility shot the officer, who survived, in the neck.Another 20 to 30 rounds were then fired at the officers. A jammed AK-47-style rifle was later found.By signing up, you agree to our Terms Of Use and acknowledge that your information will be used as described in our Privacy Policy.Article continues below this adThe suspects, eight men and six women, were arraigned in federal court in Fort Worth earlier this week. Eleven of the suspects face charges of attempted murder of federal agents, discharging a firearm in relation to a crime of violence, while one person faces charges of obstruction of justice and conspiracy to attempt to conceal and destroy evidence.Two face charges of accessory after the fact for allegedly helping a suspect evade police.Matt KyleSee more on: