Overview
- Multiple suspects opened fire on officers who approached a masked individual near the Prairieland ICE center, striking the responding Alvarado police officer in the neck.
- Alvarado Police, the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office and Texas Rangers arrested eight armed suspects—some wearing body armor—at the scene.
- Investigators say more than a dozen masked individuals vandalized security cameras and vehicles and used fireworks to draw law enforcement into the attack.
- The incident follows recent clashes at ICE sites in Portland and Los Angeles as the administration steps up immigration arrests and deportations nationwide.
- Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche has launched a multi-agency probe and pledged to bring the full weight of federal law against those responsible for violence at DHS facilities.