Follow Daily Mail's live coverage of the Dallas ICE facility shooting here By WILL POTTER, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER Published: 13:24 BST, 24 September 2025 | Updated: 18:04 BST, 24 September 2025
A sniper killed two migrants and wounded several others in a shooting at a Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility, then shot himself dead, police say. The bloodbath unfolded at the facility in the Texas city shortly after 7am CT Wednesday morning, when the gunman targeted migrants on an unmarked transport van. ICE said in a statement that three people were shot and two were killed, saying that the sniper 'fired indiscriminately' before later shooting himself. Early reports said that only one had died before officials raised the death toll to two. The victims were ICE detainees, and no law enforcement were injured in the shooting.The sniper, who police sources described as a white man, shot himself dead as law enforcement agents closed in on him. Officials said at a press conference on Wednesday morning that bullets found by the shooter's body were engraved with 'anti-ICE messages.' Officials said the gunman opened fire 'from an elevated position' as migrants were inside the transport van. He is believed to have been found on the roof of a nearby immigration attorney's office, WFAA reported. A sniper killed two migrants and wounded several others in a shooting at a Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility, then shot himself dead, police say The bloodbath unfolded at the facility in the Texas city shortly after 7am CT, and a huge police presence descended on the scene The sniper, who police sources described as a white man, shot himself dead as law enforcement agents closed in on himAlthough the sniper appeared to target migrants in ICE custody, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wrote on X that the shooting represented an attack on ICE and law enforcement. 'We will continue to do everything in our power to combat the alarming increase of targeted attacks against ICE and all law enforcement by evil, twisted individuals,' Paxton wrote. Vice President JD Vance added: 'The obsessive attack on law enforcement, particularly ICE, must stop. I'm praying for everyone hurt in this attack and for their families.' ICE Director Todd Lyons said he was putting ICE facilities on a higher alert status in response to the shooting. Texas Governor Greg Abbott said in a statement that his state 'fully supports ICE', and vowed to step up deportations as a result of the shooting. 'This assassination will NOT slow our arrest, detention, & deportation of illegal immigrants. We will work with ICE & the Dallas Police Dept. to get to the bottom of the assassin’s motive,' Abbott wrote.
