Sniper attack on Dallas ICE facility leaves 2 detainees dead and 1 wounded: Live

Dallas Police are expected to hold a press conference soon to give updates about the shooting.

The conference was originally scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. local time, but was postponed to change locations.

Two detainees have been killed after a shooting erupted at an ICE field office in Dallas, Texas Wednesday morning, NBC News reported.

Another detainee is being treated in the hospital, police said.

Dallas Police previously said two people had been taken to the hospital and one had died at the scene.

Police responded to reports of the shooting at around 6.40 a.m. The preliminary investigation determined that a suspect opened fire at a government building from an adjacent building, authorities said.

The suspect died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a post on X.

He was found dead on the roof of a nearby immigration attorney’s office, according to local reports.

Neither the suspect nor the victims have been publicly identified.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott voiced his state’s support for Immigration and Customs Enforcement after two detainees were killed and one was injured in a shooting at a Dallas ICE facility.

“Texas fully supports ICE Both the Texas Dept. of Public Safety & Texas National Guard work closely with ICE,” the GOP governor wrote on X.

“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. We will offer ICE additional support to assist their operations.”

Police audio, obtained by CNN, shows authorities were responding to a “sniper” on the roof.

“We’ve got one officer on scene. We’ve got one officer en route … This is going to be a sniper on top of the roof,” one officer is heard saying in the audio captured by Broadcastify.

“Again, only two units from Channel Five if we have anyone that can start that way.”

Dallas have said that a suspect opened fire at a government building from an adjacent building. One shooter has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

ICE facilities across the country have been the target of several attacks in recent weeks as President Donald Trump puts immigration at the center of his agenda for his second term.

In July, DHS reported that ICE officials have faced a 830 percent increase in assaults from January 21 to July 14 compared with the same period in 2024.

DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin remarked on the bomb threat at the same facility just one month ago.

“So this location, it looks like it’s been targeted, and we don’t know how long this individual has been planning this act,” she told Fox News Wednesday.

“It looks like he could have been watching to look at the processing and see what happens on a day-to-day basis at this Dallas field office. But [these are] all answers that Homeland Security investigation is going to get down to the bottom of,” McLaughlin added.

The Dallas ICE field office has three or four holding cells, where detainees are processed before being transferred to a detention center, a former senior ICE official told CNN.

It’s not immediately clear how many people were being held at the facility at the time of the shooting.

However, the facility can hold anywhere from a few detainees to around 100 people, the official told the outlet.

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

Dallas Police plan to give a press conference at 9 a.m. local time. Stay tuned for more information.