A second detainee shot at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas last week has died, according to a LULAC national spokesperson.
Miguel Ángel García-Hernández, 32, died after being removed from life support following the September 24 attack, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) said in a Tuesday statement, citing his wife. A senior Department of Homeland Security official familiar with the case previously told NBC News that Garcia-Hernandez, who was from Mexico, was among the three detainees shot at the facility.
ICE confirmed on Monday that Norlan Guzmán-Fuente, a 37-year-old from El Salvador who entered the country illegally, also died in the shooting. The senior DHS official identified another victim in the shooting as Jose Andres Bordones-Molina of Venezuela, but did not provide details on the extent of his injuries.
No ICE officers were hurt, Dallas police said at a news conference last week. The shooter, who was found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the scene, was identified as Joshua Jahn, according to multiple senior law enforcement officials briefed on the investigation.
“My husband Miguel was a good man, a loving father, and the provider for our family,” García-Hernández’s wife, Stephany Gauffeny, said in a statement provided by LULAC.
Gauffeny added, “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.”
The LULAC statement notes that García-Hernández and his wife were expecting their fifth child, and the family had recently moved into their first home.
DHS said in a Monday statement that when officers arrived at the ICE Dallas Field Office, they “encountered an active shooter at the facility, targeting immigration officials.” ICE notified DHS, the Office of the Inspector General, and the ICE Office of Professional Responsibility, as per policy, according to the statement.
DHS did not immediately return a request for comment.
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