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Yonnie3

(18,870 posts)
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 02:57 PM Jul 6

Police Officer Shot Outside Immigration Detention Facility in Texas

Source: New York Times

Several armed people were taken into custody after officers responded to a report of a suspicious person outside the detention center, officials said.

By Amanda Holpuch
July 6, 2025, 1:18 p.m. ET

A police officer was shot outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Texas late Friday night and several armed people were taken into custody, the authorities said.

The shooting took place outside the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.

The detention center, which is about 28 miles south of Fort Worth, holds people who are awaiting deportation or are accused of violating immigration laws.

Around 11 p.m. on the Fourth of July, officers from the Alvarado Police Department responded to a call about a suspicious person outside the detention center and saw someone who appeared to have a gun, the sheriff’s office said.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/us/ice-detention-facility-shooting-texas.html?unlocked_article_code=1.UU8.j-0y.h9TRQ56o7MlS&smid=url-share



More info at the link but nothing about the motive.
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Police Officer Shot Outside Immigration Detention Facility in Texas (Original Post) Yonnie3 Jul 6 OP
Puzzling FormerOstrich Jul 6 #1
Had to be white and dressed as ICE LiberalArkie Jul 6 #2
Staged to create the pretext? PSPS Jul 6 #3
Strange story. TomSlick Jul 6 #4
Eureka.... FormerOstrich Jul 6 #7
As good an explanation as any. TomSlick Jul 7 #8
Here is more information... FormerOstrich Jul 6 #5
Hope a war is not started but that seems to be what Trump likes: war at home in the usa applegrove Jul 6 #6
Very strange.... FormerOstrich Jul 7 #9

FormerOstrich

(2,829 posts)
1. Puzzling
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 03:07 PM
Jul 6

I read about this last night. Apparently a group of people lured LEO and ambushed them. Oddly enough it seems none of the suspects were injured. I hate to be cynical but I wonder if they were white. Here in the wild west (Arizona) ambushing cops is usually fatal. It seems this event is a bit muted......

TomSlick

(12,621 posts)
4. Strange story.
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 06:55 PM
Jul 6

My first reaction was that the armed men were either ICE or ICE wanna-bes. However, it seem unlikely that either would fire on Texas LEOs or that Texas LEOs would fire on them.

If someone called the police because ICE or wanna-bes were hanging around the detention facility, why would they then fire on the LEOs.

I am left with no good explanation.

FormerOstrich

(2,829 posts)
7. Eureka....
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 08:42 PM
Jul 6

After posting the extra quotes down-thread I thought off an explanation that might make since...

These were ICE contractors having delivered their haul. They probably had a few drinks and you know....boys will be boys...they vandalized a few cars. Whooped it up...and then they thought....let's show those local yahoos that aren't all about us and thing or two about who runs the place.

TomSlick

(12,621 posts)
8. As good an explanation as any.
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 07:58 PM
Jul 7

That would also explain why the ICEstapo won't show credentials - the don't have any.

FormerOstrich

(2,829 posts)
5. Here is more information...
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 08:37 PM
Jul 6

There are a couple of points in this article that I didn't see in the original post. Maybe I didn't read it close enough.....

https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/alvarado-police-officer-shot-suspects-open-fire-fourth-of-july-johnson-county/

Alvarado police said that when one of the first responding officers tried to engage with the person, an unknown number of suspects opened fire. At least one bullet struck an officer in the neck, police said.
.....
According to Alvarado police, several armed suspects were taken into custody after trying to flee the scene.
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A federal law enforcement source told CBS News Saturday that local police arrested eight people. The official said some of those apprehended were wearing body armor.

The source told CBS News that early reports indicate that more than a dozen masked individuals dressed in black arrived at the Prairieland ICE detention facility late Friday night and vandalized vehicles and security cameras in the parking lot.

The individuals launched fireworks in an apparent effort to lure law enforcement, the source said.


Very strange!

applegrove

(127,075 posts)
6. Hope a war is not started but that seems to be what Trump likes: war at home in the usa
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 08:41 PM
Jul 6

so he can order around the army soldiers. Look what he did in California to pur gas on the immigration fire a few weeks ago.

No missiles for innocent Ukrainians to stop an invasion but all manner of aggressive conflict in the USA. Like building and showing off Auschwitz Alcatraz wasn't baiting to deranged people on either side of the undocumented immigrants expulsion issue.

FormerOstrich

(2,829 posts)
9. Very strange....
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 09:59 PM
Jul 7

I can't seem to let this one go. I was looking around for more info and found the names of those arrested. The surnames are not predominately Hispanic. Plus, several of the names are feminine. Are they in some kind of club....because they don't all live in the same neighborhood.

Cameron Arnold of Dallas, Texas
Savanna Batten of Fort Worth, Texas
Nathan Baumann of College Station, Texas
Zachary Evetts of Waxahatchie, Texas
Joy Gibson of Dallas, Texas
Bradford Morris of Dallas, Texas
Maricela Rueda of Fort Worth, Texas
Seth Sikes of Kennedale, Texas
Elizabeth Soto of Fort Worth, Texas
Ines Soto of Fort Worth, Texas

https://www.fox4news.com/news/texas-ice-detention-center-attack-alvarado

They are now saying it was an organized attack targeting ICE officers.

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