Dallas ICE facility shooting: Identity of sniper attack detainees revealed; one dead, two injured

The detainees shot in an attack on the Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility this week have been identified as Miguel Angel Garcia-Hernandez of Mexico, Jose Andres Bordones-Molina of Venezuela, and Norlan Guzman-Fuentes, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.

The victims were shot while in a van at the facility’s fortified sally port, a controlled entry point commonly used in prisons and military bases, the Department of Homeland Security said. Investigators have identified the shooter as 29-year-old Joshua Jahn, who died from a self-inflicted gunshot at the scene.

ICE Deputy Director Madison Sheahan told Fox News that the three victims were awaiting transfer to a longer-term facility. Officials believe the gunman harbored “hatred for the federal government” and intended to target ICE personnel and property, though all three victims were detainees. Nancy Larson, acting US attorney for the Northern District of Texas, said at a news conference on Thursday, “The tragic irony for his evil plot here is that it was a detainee who was killed and two other detainees that were injured.”

Garcia-Hernandez is on life support after being shot three to four times, including in the neck, his brother Fernando Gutiérrez told KUVN. Doctors are not giving the family hope of recovery. Originally from San Luis Potosi, Mexico, Garcia-Hernandez has lived in the US for two decades, worked as a painter, and is married with children, including one on the way. “He is the sole provider for his family,” according to a verified GoFundMe campaign. His mother, deported two months ago, is seeking to return to see her son.

Bordones-Molina was in the US illegally and had a criminal history including a traffic offense and property theft. Guzman-Fuentes had prior arrests for battery, improper exhibit of a firearm or dangerous weapon, criminal mischief, driving while intoxicated, and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, the source told CNN. Authorities have not identified which detainee was killed.

Other detainees who witnessed the shooting were unharmed and will continue immigration proceedings, officials said Thursday. Dallas-based immigration attorney Jaime Barron, who is not representing any of the victims, said the incident should be framed with empathy. “We should focus on the humanity,” he told CNN. “These were human beings, and they were killed and severely hurt while being under the protection of the US government.”