In brief
Miguel Ángel García-Hernández, a 32-year-old detainee, has died as a result of injuries sustained in a shooting at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas. He was one of three individuals shot during the attack on September 24, which left one man dead and two others critically injured. The shooter, 29-year-old Joshua Jahn, allegedly aimed to incite terror out of hatred toward the government. The incident has raised concerns about immigration enforcement and its impact on community safety.
DALLAS (AP) — A second detainee shot in an attack on a Dallas immigration field office has died, according to a family statement released by the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC). Miguel Ángel García-Hernández, 32, succumbed to injuries sustained during the September 24 attack after being removed from life support.The shooting left three detainees injured, with one identified as Norlan Guzman-Fuentes, who did not survive the incident. Authorities reported that Joshua Jahn, 29, opened fire indiscriminately from a nearby rooftop, allegedly driven by hatred for the U.S. government and intent on inciting terror. Following the attack, Jahn took his own life.No ICE personnel were harmed during the incident. The shooting occurs amid a climate of heightened immigration enforcement, which has generated backlash against ICE and fostered fear within immigrant communities.García-Hernández’s wife, Stephany Gauffeny, expressed her heartbreak in a statement: 'My husband Miguel was a good man, a loving father, and the provider for our family. 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.' She is also expecting their fifth child.
