A second detainee shot at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas last week has died, according to ICE and a LULAC national spokesperson.
Miguel Ángel García-Hernández died after he was removed from life support after the Sept. 24 attack, LULAC, the League of United Latin American Citizens, said in a statement Tuesday, citing his wife. An ICE spokesperson confirmed the death to NBC News, saying he "died at 12:48 a.m. CT Monday." ICE said he was 31.
ICE spokesperson Emily Covington said Garcia-Hernandez was from Mexico. He was among the three detainees shot at the facility, a senior Department of Homeland Security official familiar with the case has told NBC News.
ICE confirmed Monday that Norlan Guzmán-Fuente, 37, of El Salvador, who entered the country illegally, also died in the shooting. The senior DHS official identified another victim as Jose Andres Bordones-Molina of Venezuela but did not provide details about 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.”
In a statement, Covington of ICE said that “our thoughts are with his family, and this tragedy underscores the terrible cost of dangerous rhetoric and violence against the men and women of ICE who are simply carrying out their sworn law enforcement mission.”
The LULAC statement said that García-Hernández and his wife were expecting their fifth child and that the family had recently moved into their first home.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Tuesday the her government had helped García-Hernández’s mother with the necessary paperwork so she could go to Dallas. Sheinbaum also said Mexico had requested an investigation.
DHS said in a statement Monday that when officers arrived at the ICE 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, in accordance with policy, the statement said.
DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement that the processing center is scheduled to fully reopen and become operational Tuesday. She noted that security has been increased at ICE facilities across the country.
Most ICE officers would continue to work should the government shut down early Wednesday.
