Overview

• A North Texas police officer was shot in the neck late on July 4 while responding to a report of a suspicious person outside the Prairieland ICE facility in Alvarado, Texas.
• More than a dozen masked individuals vandalized vehicles and security cameras and used fireworks to lure law enforcement before opening fire on first responders.
• Alvarado police and the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office arrested eight suspects, some wearing body armor, who remain in custody as authorities withhold their identities.
• The wounded officer was airlifted to a Fort Worth hospital, treated for a neck wound, and has since been discharged.
• Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Justice Department is monitoring attacks on DHS facilities and will bring the full weight of the law against those responsible.