Overview

• Benjamin Hanil Song was arrested in Dallas on July 15 and booked on three counts of attempted murder of a federal officer and three counts of discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
• John Phillip Thomas and Lynette Read Sharp were charged with accessory after the fact for allegedly using encrypted Signal chats to plan escape logistics following the ambush.
• A grand jury has indicted 14 individuals in the coordinated July 4 attack at the Prairieland ICE facility that wounded an Alvarado police officer.
• Prosecutors say the plotters used Signal group chats to scout the detention center, coordinate the armed assault and arrange post-attack transport.
• Prosecutors intend to use terrorism and firearms laws in trial, a move that underscores heightened federal scrutiny of coordinated attacks on law enforcement at immigration facilities.