A shooter killed at least one person and wounded others in a shooting on Wednesday at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office in Dallas before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, local and federal authorities said.
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Police responded to reports of the shooting at the office in northwest Dallas at about 6.40am local time, the Dallas Police Department said on social media.
The suspect opened fire on the office from an adjacent building, according to the preliminary investigation, police said. Two people were transported to a hospital with gunshot wounds, while a third person died at the scene.
The FBI said during a news conference on Wednesday morning that it was investigating the shooting as “an act of targeted violence”.
“Early evidence that we’ve seen from rounds that were found near the suspected shooter contain messages that were anti-ICE in nature,” said Joe Rothrock, special agent in charge of the Dallas field office.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.