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(NewsNation) — A 2nd detainee changeable successful an onslaught connected a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field bureau in Dallas has died, according to his family.
In a connection from the League of United Latin American Citizens, obtained by the Associated Press connected Tuesday, the household confirmed that Miguel Ángel García-Hernández, 32, succumbed to his injuries aft being removed from beingness support.
He was 1 of 3 detainees who were changeable successful a transport van, which was successful the facility’s sallyport, wherever the van was located, connected Sept. 24. The onslaught near 1 detainee, identified by ICE arsenic 37-year-old Norlan Guzman-Fuentes, dormant and 2 others critically injured.
DHS officials said successful a connection that a sniper, identified arsenic 29-year-old Joshua Jahn from Collin County, Texas, fired “indiscriminately” astatine the ICE tract bureau from a adjacent rooftop. He died by suicide, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. No instrumentality enforcement unit were injured.
The onslaught happened arsenic heightened migration enforcement has generated a backlash against ICE agents and stirred fearfulness successful migrant communities crossed the country.
“My hubby Miguel was a bully man, a loving father, and the supplier for our family,” said Stephany Gauffeny, who is expecting their 5th child. “We had conscionable bought our archetypal location together, and helium worked hard each azygous time to marque definite our children had what they needed. His decease is simply a senseless calamity that has near our household shattered. I bash not cognize however to explicate to our children that their begetter is gone.”
A antheral threatened ICE officers and claimed to person a weaponry astatine the aforesaid tract bureau connected Aug. 26, according to DHS. The suspect, a 36-year-old American citizen, was arrested and charged with making terroristic threats.
In caller months, federal lawmakers and activists person alleged “inhumane” attraction of detainees astatine the tract office, including the withholding of food, water, aerial conditioning oregon due sleeping quarters.
NewsNation’s Ali Bradley, Anna Kutz and Jeff Arnold contributed to this report.
