Overview

• FBI officials reported cartridge casings with anti-ICE messages at the scene and labeled the assault a targeted act.
• Prosecutors said notes recovered from the suspect indicated an intent to kill ICE employees, with planning over months and a rifle purchased legally in August.
• No ICE staff were injured; the victims were detainees who were in or near a vehicle by the facility’s secure transfer area.
• The shooter opened fire from an elevated position in a neighboring building and died of a self-inflicted gunshot as police closed in.
• Leaders including President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Sen. Ted Cruz condemned the attack, which follows other assaults on immigration-enforcement sites in Texas this year.