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Two killed, one injured in shooting at ICE facility in Dallas; shooter kills self

Two killed, one injured in shooting at ICE facility in Dallas; shooter kills self

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Acting ICE director Todd Lyons confirmed the incident in an interview with CNN. He said those who were shot, "could be employees, it could be civilians that were visiting the facility, it could be detainees."

Two detainees were killed and one was injured in Dallas, Texas, on Wednesday (September 24) after a shooting at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office. The shooter is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot.

Acting ICE director Todd Lyons confirmed the incident in an interview with CNN. He said those who were shot, "could be employees, it could be civilians that were visiting the facility, it could be detainees."

He added that officials are still "working through" the details of the incident.

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US Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, said in a post on X, "There was a shooting this morning at the Dallas @ICEgov Detention Facility. Details are still emerging but we can confirm there were multiple injuries and fatalities. The shooter is deceased by a self-inflicted gun shot wound."

"While we don’t know motive yet, we know that our ICE law enforcement is facing unprecedented violence against them. It must stop. Please pray for the victims and their families," she added.

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Noem made another post saying, “For months, we’ve been warning politicians and the media to tone down their rhetoric about ICE law enforcement before someone was killed. These horrendous killingsmustserve as a wake-up call to the far-left that their rhetoric about ICE has consequences. Comparing ICE Day-in and day-out to the Nazi Gestapo, the Secret Police, and slave patrols has consequences. The men and women of ICE are fathers and mothers, sons and daughters. They get up every morning to try and make our communities safer. Like everyone else, we just want to go home to our families at night. The violence and dehumanization of these men and women who are simply enforcing the law must stop. We are praying for the victims and their families.”

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