The detainees who were shot in the attack on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas this week have been identified as Miguel Angel Garcia-Hernandez of Mexico, Jose Andres Bordones-Molina of Venezuela and Norlan Guzman-Fuentes, according to a source familiar with the matter.
The victims were shot while they were in a van at the facility’s fortified sally port, a controlled entry point commonly found in prisons and on military bases, the Department of Homeland Security said.
The shooter has been identified by investigators as Joshua Jahn, 29.
ICE Deputy Director Madison Sheahan told Fox News the three victims were awaiting transfer to a longer-term facility, she said.
Investigators believe the gunman – who died from a self-inflicted gunshot at the scene – harbored “hatred for the federal government” and intended to target ICE personnel and property – even though all three victims were detainees, officials said.
“The tragic irony for his evil plot here is that it was a detainee who was killed and two other detainees that were injured,” Nancy Larson, acting US attorney for the Northern District of Texas, said at a news conference on Thursday.
Here’s what we know about the victims.
A father with a baby on the way
Garcia-Hernandez is on life support after he was shot three to four times – including in the neck – his brother, Fernando Gutiérrez, said in an interview with KUVN. Garcia-Hernandez was in the US illegally and previously convicted of “giving fictitious information, evading arrest, driving while intoxicated, and fleeing police,” the source said.
Doctors are not giving the family hope of recovery, according to his brother. Garcia-Hernandez, who is originally from San Luis Potosi, Mexico, has lived in the United States for two decades, where he worked as a painter, Gutiérrez said. He added he does not know the circumstances of his brother’s detention by ICE, but said he was there to be deported.
Garcia-Hernandez’s mother was deported two months ago and is asking to be able to return to the US to see her son, Gutiérrez said.
Garcia-Hernandez is married with children – including one on the way – and “is the sole provider for his family,” according to a verified GoFundMe campaign.
“These were human beings”
The source also said Bordones-Molina was in the US illegally and had a criminal history including a traffic offense and property theft.
The third shooting victim, Guzman-Fuentes, was previously arrested “for battery, improper exhibit of a firearm or dangerous weapon, criminal mischief, driving while intoxicated, and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon,” the source told CNN.
Authorities have said one detainee was killed and two were injured during Wednesday’s attack, in which a gunman fired at the ICE facility from a nearby roof. The source did not identify the deceased victim.
The other detainees who witnessed the shooting were unharmed and will continue immigration proceedings, officials said on Thursday.
While statements from authorities have so far largely focused on the investigation, Dallas-based immigration attorney Jaime Barron, who isn’t representing any of the victims, said the injured and killed detainees should be included in more of the conversation.
“We should focus on the humanity,” Barron told CNN. “These were human beings, and they were killed and severely hurt while being under the protection of the US government.”
This story has been updated with additional information.
Ruben Correa, Matthew Rehbein and Caroll Alvarado contributed to this report.
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