3 detainees shot, some fatally, at Dallas ICE facility: Sources

Dallas, TX (ABC News)– Three detainees were shot at the Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office during a movement in the facility’s sally port on Wednesday morning, law enforcement sources told ABC News.

ICE said in a now-deleted statement that two people were killed and one was hurt when a gunman fired “indiscriminately” at the building and at the people moving through the facility’s secured passageway.

The shooter — who appeared “to be a sniper from an elevated position” firing from “a couple hundred yards” away — died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, ICE Director Todd Lyons told ABC News.

Officers exchanged fire with the shooter, Lyons said, and ICE said none of its officers were hurt.

The target was not clear, but the incident comes as ICE has been ramping up deportation efforts throughout the country and Homeland Security officials have been warning that agents and officers from their agencies have been facing increased violence and threats.

Two Texas facilities were targeted this July: a police officer was shot at an ICE detention facility in Alvarado and a gunman opened fire at the entrance of the Border Patrol sector annex in McAllen.

Lyons said he would put all ICE facilities on a higher alert to protect agents and civilians carrying out the agency’s mission.

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.