A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said the gunman shot “indiscriminately” at the ICE field office. Photos shared with The Washington Post by DHS show damage from the gunfire.

One image shows office windows pierced by bullets, the blinds bent around the entry points. Another shows a window overlooking the parking lot fractured in a spiderweb pattern. In a hallway, a framed American flag bears bullet holes through its blue field of stars.

The ICE field office in Dallas is one of the busiest temporary holding facilities for immigrants in the country.

More than 8,300 immigrants were processed there between the start of President Donald Trump’s term in January and late July. That’s according to a Washington Post analysis of numbers from the Deportation Data Project, a California-based academic group that shares ICE data obtained through Freedom of Information Act lawsuits.

A Mexican national was among the two detainees critically injured in the shooting, according to the Mexican Consulate in Dallas.

The consulate said it immediately contacted law enforcement, which confirmed the victim’s nationality. The person remains hospitalized.

Consulate officials have contacted the victim’s family to offer support and legal advice.

DALLAS — Federal investigators combed through a compact sedan parked across the street from the ICE field office where Wednesday’s shooting took place.

FBI agents were focused on a vehicle stationed next to an outdoor stairwell to the top floor of a building housing an immigration law firm. The rooftop offers a clear and expansive view of the back of the ICE office and a sally port.

The suspected shooter is Joshua Jahn, according to four people briefed on the investigation who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the matter.

The Department of Homeland Security updated its Wednesday news release to say one detainee was killed in the Dallas shooting, with two others in critical condition. Earlier Wednesday afternoon, DHS had said two detainees were killed. DHS issued a correction in a statement but did not immediately respond to an inquiry from The Washington Post on why the change was made.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) condemned the “horrific” shooting at a Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in a Wednesday statement, calling it a “brutal and inexcusable act of violence” while doubling down on state initiatives to restrict immigration.

“We will not let this cowardly attack impede our efforts to secure the border, enforce immigration law, and ensure law and order,” Abbott said.

No Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were injured in the Dallas shooting, officials said Wednesday, though threats and assaults against federal immigration officers and their local law enforcement partners have spiked since President Donald Trump took office, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

Immigration attorney Ruth Harper pulled up to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Dallas at 7 a.m. on Wednesday expecting the usual trickle of cars headed for early-morning check-ins. Instead, she found the access road swarmed with flashing lights and a wall of patrol vehicles.

Texas state Sen. Nathan Johnson, a Democrat who represents part of Dallas, said it was too early to say what the shooter’s political ideology or motives were in Wednesday’s shooting at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility.

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas where Wednesday’s shooting took place faced a bomb threat in August, authorities said.

Bratton Dean Wilkinson, 36, was arrested on Aug. 25 on suspicion of making terroristic threats after he tried to enter the ICE field office and told a security officer that he had a bomb in his backpack, according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Texas.

Authorities are not yet releasing the identities of the victims, said R. Joseph Rothrock, the head of the FBI’s Dallas field office. He did not say why. Officials also did not identify the shooting suspect.

FBI Director Kash Patel has posted a photo on X of what he said was unused ammunition recovered from the shooter, including one rifle shell casing engraved with the phrase “ANTI-ICE.”

Patel’s post came moments after the end of a news conference during which officials, including one from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, called for an end to anti-ICE rhetoric.

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Dallas operated a short-term holding facility that had recently come under scrutiny after families and Democratic lawmakers said immigrants were being held in overcrowded and inhumane conditions.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) called for an end to politically motivated violence, including attacks against Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, noting the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk two weeks ago.

“The divisive rhetoric tragically has real consequences,” Cruz said, adding: “We should not be putting language out there that inspires madmen to commit evil crimes.”

The FBI is investigating the attack as an “act of targeted violence,” Dallas special agent in charge R. Joseph Rothrock said.

Rothrock said that rounds were found near the shooter that contained “messages that are anti-ICE in nature.”

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson, a Republican, is joined by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) at a news conference Wednesday to share details about the attack.

No Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were injured in the Dallas shooting, ICE Deputy Director Madison D. Sheahan said on Fox News Wednesday morning.

Authorities are setting up a media briefing near the scene of the shooting, live stream video indicates. The Dallas Police Department said on X that they will hold a briefing later Wednesday.

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility that was the site of Wednesday’s shooting is on North Stemmons Freeway, around five miles northwest of downtown Dallas and around two miles from the Dallas Love Field airport. It is surrounded mostly by commercial buildings, including several law offices, and an apartment complex.

Rep. Julie Johnson (D-Texas) urged political leaders to avoid spreading baseless speculation about the Dallas shooting.

“Elected leaders and government officials must rely on verified facts from law enforcement, not speculation that fuels fear or division,” Johnson, whose district includes part of Dallas County, wrote on X. “My thoughts are with the victims and their families.”

Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said the victims of the shooting at a Dallas Immigration Customs and Enforcement facility were “potentially detainees, not ICE law enforcement” during a Fox News interview Wednesday.

She added: “We believe he was shooting at law enforcement and the detainees from an apartment building.”

The FBI is at the scene of the shooting in Dallas, deputy director Dan Bongino said on X. The Dallas field of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is also on the scene, the agency said on X.

One victim died at the scene and two people were taken to a hospital with gunshot wounds after a shooting on North Stemmons Freeway in Dallas, the city police department said Wednesday morning.

A gunman opened fire on a government building from an adjacent building, the police statement said.

There were “multiple injuries and fatalities” from a shooting Wednesday at a Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem said on X.

She said the shooting suspect died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound and that a motive for the shooting was not yet known.