Second Detainee Dies From Shooting at Dallas ICE Facility

A second detainee at the immigration field office targeted a week ago by a shooter in Dallas, Texas, has died.

Miguel Ángel García-Hernández, 32, was confirmed dead on Monday, according to a League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) press release. The first victim to die, Norlan Guzmán-Fuentes, 37, was killed on the day of the attack.

On Sept. 24, a gunman fired from a nearby rooftop at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office. Shots hit the ICE building, a van, and several detainees.

No law enforcement personnel were injured in the shooting, but two other detainees, including García-Hernández, were hospitalized in critical condition.

The group released a statement from his wife, Stephany Gauffeny, who is expecting the couple’s fifth child, and who called her late husband a “good man, a loving father, and the provider for our family.”

“We had just bought our first home together, and he worked hard every single day to make sure our children had what they needed. His death is a senseless tragedy that has left our family shattered. I do not know how to explain to our children that their father is gone,” she said.

The shooting suspect was identified as Joshua Jahn, 29, of Fairview, Texas, who is said to have fired an 8-millimeter bolt-action rifle bought in August.

However, Joseph Rothrock, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Dallas field office, told reporters on Sept. 25 that the shooter likely engaged in planning for months.

FBI Director Kash Patel posted an update to X shortly after the attack, saying that Jahn downloaded a  “Dallas County Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management” document containing a list of DHS facilities.

Law enforcement found Jahn dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound and allegedly recovered unspent ammunition that contained the word “ANTI-ICE,” as Patel previously reported.

Jahn allegedly said in a note found by investigators that he wanted to “maximize lethality” against ICE personnel and minimize the damage against detainees, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Nancy Larson, who spoke to the press on Sept. 25.

FBI Special Agent Joseph Rothrock told reporters at the same press conference that ICE and Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives agents, who were also on the scene, acted quickly to move detainees out of harm’s way while shots were being fired.

Larson also stated that investigators haven’t found any negative writings about any other agency, but the shooting suspect allegedly expressed negativity about the federal government in general.

The attack came after months of increased immigration enforcement by the Trump administration.

It is the second attack on an ICE facility near Dallas within a few months, following a July 4 wounding of a police officer at a site in Alvarado. At least 10 people have been charged with attempted murder.