Sniper kills at least two people held at immigration detention centre in Dallas

A sniper has shot at least three people being held by US immigration officers at a US detention facility.

The gunman who opened fire on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Dallas, Texas was later found dead from a ‘self-inflicted gunshot wound’ on a rooftop.

Two detainees are feared dead while a third is fighting for life in hospital, according to preliminary reports.

The shooter struck only detainees, but an ICE spokesperson said it remains unclear whether they were targeting those detainees.

Homeland security secretary Kristi Noem posted on X: ‘Details are still emerging but we can confirm there were multiple injuries and fatalities.

‘The shooter is deceased by a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

‘While we don’t know motive yet, we know that our ICE law enforcement is facing unprecedented violence against them.

‘It must stop. Please pray for the victims and their families.’

The gunman was found dead on the roof of a nearby immigration attorney’s office.

Dallas police said on social media: ‘The preliminary investigation determined that a suspect opened fire at a government building from an adjacent building.

‘Two people were transported to the hospital with gunshot wounds. One victim died at the scene. The suspect is deceased.’

The Dallas Fire-Rescue Department was dispatched at 6.41am after a call reporting a shooting at or near the immigration office, department spokesperson Jason Evans said in an email.

Evans said he didn’t have any confirmed details he could share, calling it an ‘active and ongoing incident’.

Despite early reports suggesting the victims were detainees, Vice President JD Vance called the shooting an ‘attack on law enforcement.’

‘The obsessive attack on law enforcement, particularly ICE, must stop. I’m praying for everyone hurt in this attack and for their families,’ he wrote in a post on X.

Texas Senator Ted Cruz posted to X that he and his staff are ‘closely monitoring the situation at the ICE Detention Facility in Dallas.’

‘We are praying for the swift recovery of those injured, and we are deeply grateful to the brave first responders who rushed to the scene,’ he added.