Multiple news reports have identified the three men shot at a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) facility in Dallas on Wednesday.
Miguel Angel García-Hernandez of Mexico, Jose Andres Bordones-Molina of Venezuela and Norlan Guzman-Fuentes of El Salvador were shot in what the FBI has described as a “targeted attack” on Ice by the 29-year-old alleged shooter, Joshua Jahn, CNN reported.
While several outlets, including the New York Times and Univision, reported that Garcia-Hernandez was among the injured, the federal government has not publicly confirmed this. The New York Times said Bordones-Molina was the second injured detainee, while Guzman-Fuentes was fatally shot.
García-Hernandez, who grew up in Arlington and was originally from San Luis Potosí, Mexico, was shot three to four times during the attack, his brother, who asked not to be identified because he is in immigration proceedings and has not yet obtained legal status, told the news outlets about the father of four.
“He’s in very serious condition in the hospital. He’s very bad,” his brother told Univision. “He’s already had two operations.”
A video filmed from inside the building shows detainees running while handcuffed and their legs shackled, some falling to the ground amid the rush to evade the gunfire.
García-Hernandez, who is undocumented, is a house painter who has been living in the US for about 20 years, the New York Times reported, and his mother was deported about two months ago.
“What we want is for them to help my mother so she can come see [García-Hernandez] because she was also deported unjustly,” said García-Hernandez’s brother to Univision. García-Hernandez’s brother and partner are seeking legal advice on possible actions they can take after the incident. As García-Hernandez was the family’s main support, they have launched a GoFundMe campaign to help cover expenses, including those for a baby on the way.
Meanwhile, Bordones-Molina was also undocumented and had a prior legal record, including a traffic violation and a property-related offense, according to CNN.
Guzman-Fuentes, the third shooting victim, had been previously arrested “for battery, improper exhibit of a firearm or dangerous weapon, criminal mischief, driving while intoxicated, and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon”, a source told CNN.
Authorities said the shooter had not intended to harm detainees, according to notes he wrote. After the detainees were shot, Jahn, of Fairview, Texas, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
“Notably, these loose notes included a game plan of the attack and target areas at the facility,” Nancy Larson, acting US attorney for the northern district of Texas, said on Thursday. “He called the Ice employees ‘people showing up to collect a dirty paycheck.’”
The incident has escalated tensions in the White House, with Donald Trump blaming the shooting on “Radical Left Terrorists” and the Democratic party, although there is no official evidence of any affiliations, party politics or motives of the suspect.
