Police cars and ambulances stand outside a ICE facility where a shooting took place in Dallas, Texas, U.S. September 24, 2025 in this screengrab taken from a handout traffic camera video.

A shooter opened fire on a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas, Texas, on Wednesday, killing one detainee and critically wounding two others in what authorities are investigating as an "act of targeted violence."

Officials say the shooter fired "indiscriminately" from a nearby rooftop, striking the immigration facility and a van in the sallyport, where the victims were hit. The gunman was found dead at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said.

The Department of Homeland Security initially said two detainees were killed and one was critically injured. The agency updated its statement but did not explain the revised death toll.

The shooting is being investigated as a targeted attack on law enforcement, authorities said, though no agents were hit by gunfire. FBI Director Kash Patel said there was evidence of an "ideological motive" at the scene and posted an image on X showing an unspent shell casing inscribed with the words "ANTI-ICE" in blue writing.

The alleged attacker was identified as 29-year-old Joshua Jahn, according to CNN and NBC News. Officials have not confirmed the name of the suspect.

The incident was the second shooting at a Texas ICE facility this year and comes just two weeks after a gunman fatally shot conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a college in Utah. Officials speaking at a news conference on Wednesday called for an end to political violence and partly blamed the shooting on rhetoric "demonizing" law enforcement agents carrying out immigration enforcement.

"This is wrong. Politically motivated violence is wrong," said Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, adding, “We need to learn to work together without demonizing each other, without attacking each other.”

Vance says stopping political violence 'starts' with Democrats

Vice President JD Vance told a North Carolina crowd that stopping political violence “starts, unfortunately, at the very top of the Democratic Party,” as he lashed out at the left in the wake of the shooting at a Dallas ICE facility.

“If you want to stop political violence, stop attacking our law enforcement as the Gestapo,” Vance said at a rally in Concord, a suburb of Charlotte. “If you want to stop political violence, stop telling your supporters that everybody who disagrees with you is a Nazi. If you want to stop political violence, look in the mirror."

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin condemned “this senseless and cowardly attack” in a statement about the ICE shooting.

“Let me be clear: It will take all of us – not just one side of the aisle or the other – to quell this epidemic of violence, which has no place in our democracy,” Martin added. “Democrats remain committed to resolving differences through debate and elections, not with weapons.”

A Sept. 11 study by the libertarian think tank Cato Institute found that terrorists motivated by extreme sectors of right-leaning ideology killed six times more people than those on the far left of the political spectrum between 1975 and Sept. 10 of this year.

– Zac Anderson, Sudiksha Kochi

Homeland Security revises death toll in Dallas ICE shooting

The Department of Homeland Security confirmed that one detainee was killed and two were critically injured in Wednesday’s shooting.

The agency had earlier said two detainees were killed and one was badly hurt.

Suspect in Dallas ICE shooting identified, reports say

The suspect in the deadly shooting at the ICE field office in Dallas, Texas, has been identified, multiple news outlets reported.

The alleged attacker was identified as 29-year-old Joshua Jahn, according to CNN and NBC News. Officials have not confirmed the name of the suspect.

What time did the shooting happen?

According to a City of Dallas database of active police calls, 38 police units responded to a 6:38 a.m. call for assistance at 8100 N. Stemmons Freeway, where the local ICE headquarters is located. The facility is in the northwestern part of the city.

Daniel Comeaux, chief of the Dallas Police Department, said at a news conference that police responded to the area after an initial call for assistance came in around 6:40 a.m.

At the scene, officers learned four people were shot, including the gunman, Comeaux said.

– Lauren Villagran

Dallas mayor urges 'restraint' as investigators probe ICE shooting

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson asked people to try not to jump to conclusions before investigators work to identify a clear motive for Wednesday’s deadly shooting.

“Let’s be patient, let’s remain calm and let our let partners our law enforcement partners, our police department do their job,” he said at a news conference. “This is an active investigation. There’s still a lot of unanswered questions. And I want to encourage all of you to exercise a little bit of restraint.”

Ted Cruz calls on politicians to tone down rhetoric after Dallas shooting

Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas condemned Wednesday’s shooting and called on politicians to stop using rhetoric “demonizing” ICE and Border Patrol agents.

“This needs to stop,” he said. “This is wrong. Politically motivated violence is wrong.”

Cruz noted other attacks on ICE and Border Protection facilities this year, as well as the shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk two weeks ago.

“In America, we disagree that’s fine, that’s the democratic process but your political opponents are not Nazis,” he said. “We need to learn to work together without demonizing each other, without attacking each other.”

Gabby Giffords: US is in 'gun crime crisis' while decrying 'inhumane' immigration policy

Gabby Giffords, the former Arizona congresswoman who survived an assassination attempt in 2011, expressed condolences for the victims in the shooting at the ICE facility. She also cited the administration’s “cruel and inhumane immigration policy.”

“While we await more information, it’s clear our country is in the middle of a gun crime crisis—and I urge our leaders to take action immediately,” Giffords said in an X post.

Anti-ICE messages found on rounds

Investigators found rounds near the suspected shooter’s body that had messages “that are anti-ICE in nature,” said Joseph Rothrock, special agent in charge of the Dallas FBI field office.

The FBI is investigating the incident as an act of targeted violence, Rothrock said.

“This is just the most recent example of this type of attack,” he said.

FBI Director Kash Patel said an “initial review of the evidence shows an ideological motive behind this attack.”

He posted images on X of ammunition located at the scene, including one inscribed with the phrase “ANTI ICE.”

“More updates will be forthcoming,” Patel added

FBI investigating shooting at Dallas ICE facility

The FBI is involved with the investigation into the deadly shooting at an ICE facility in Dallas, agency officials announced.

“The FBI is fully engaged, in conjunction with our state and federal law enforcement partners, at the crime scene in Dallas,” FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said in a statement on X.

Shooting comes amid string of violence at ICE facilities

In July, an ICE facility near the Dallas-Fort Worth area was attacked in a shooting that wounded a local police officer.

Federal officials say a “violent group” launched a coordinated attack on the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, firing dozens of rounds at the facility and striking an Alvarado police officer in the neck. More than 10 people have been charged in connection with the incident.

ICE facilities nationwide have been the site of protests, which at times have turned violent with clashes breaking out between federal officers and demonstrators. White House officials say there's been a 700% increase in assaults on immigration agents amid the Trump administration’s expansive deportation campaign.

Latino civil rights organization condemns attack

The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), a national civil rights organization for Latinos, condemned the attack at the ICE facility.

“Violence is never the answer, and our nation must not normalize these horrific acts,” Roman Palomares, LULAC national president and chairman of the organization’s board, said in a statement. "We grieve with the families of the victims and urge Americans to lower the temperature in our public discourse.”

LULAC was founded nearly 100 years ago in Texas.

- Eduardo Cuevas

Dallas ICE facility went on lockdown last month amid bomb threat

Last month, the Dallas ICE field office that was targeted in Wednesday’s attack issued a shelter-in-place order after a man approached the building and claimed to have an explosive device in his backpack, officials said.

The Department of Homeland Security said that on Aug. 25 a man approached the ICE facility and showed a security officer what he claimed to be a “detonator” on his wrist. A bomb squad was dispatched to the scene and local law enforcement officers arrested suspect Bratton Dean Wilkinson, 36.

Officials condemn 'unprecedented violence' against ICE

Government officials in the aftermath of the shooting said that attacks against the immigration agency "must stop."

"While we don’t know motive yet, we know that our ICE law enforcement is facing unprecedented violence against them. It must stop," Noem said.

"The obsessive attack on law enforcement, particularly ICE, must stop. I'm praying for everyone hurt in this attack and for their families," Vice President JD Vance said.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said on X that he is aware of the incident and is closely monitoring the situation.

“We are praying for the swift recovery of those injured, and we are deeply grateful to the brave first responders who rushed to the scene,” he said.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: ICE facility shooting live updates: One detainee killed, two wounded in Dallas attack

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