Dallas ICE facility attack: Second victim dies days after shooting

DALLAS – A second victim in the Dallas ICE facility attack has succumbed to his injuries, dying six days after he was shot.

What’s new:

The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) announced Tuesday the death of Miguel Ángel García-Hernández, a 32-year-old Mexican national, who was shot during the attack.

“Very tough. Miguel passed away early this morning. He was taken off life support. Luckily, his mother made it to this country and to his bedside to see him before he passed,” said Eric Cedillo, an attorney for García-Hernández’s family.

He is the second victim to die in the attack. Norlan Guzmán-Fuentes, 37, died shortly after the shooting.

García-Hernández is survived by his wife, four young children, and a fifth child his wife is expecting. 

In a statement, Stephany Gauffeny called her husband’s death a “senseless tragedy that has left our family shattered.”

“I do not know how to explain to our children that their father is gone,” she wrote.

What they’re saying:

FOX 4 spoke with Gauffeny on Saturday about receiving the devastating news that her husband had been shot. She said she was expecting a call from him, but the one she received was not the one she was prepared for.

“They called me, ‘Your husband is in the hospital and he’s alive. That’s all we know. Go to the hospital,'” she said.

Gauffeny said García-Hernández had so much to live for with a new baby on the way. He had also been in the final stages of fixing his immigration status when the shooting happened.

“He was really excited to meet the baby,” Gauffeny said.

García-Hernández’s wife pleaded for justice and greater protection for detainees.

“For this to not happen again. These types of attacks… and for this to be prevented. For detainees to have more protection if they’re under their custody,” she said.

“I just want people to know, to put a face to a name. You hear about, ‘Oh victim,’ but he was more than just a victim. He was a real person. He is a real person, a human being,” Gauffeny said. “Just because he was a detainee doesn’t mean he was a criminal.”

The family is currently raising money to cover hospital bills and other expenses, as García-Hernández was their sole provider.

The Department of Homeland Security told FOX 4 that García-Hernández has a criminal history of giving fictitious information, evading arrest, driving while intoxicated, and fleeing police.

Dallas ICE Facility Attack

The backstory:

The FBI is investigating the shooting at the Dallas ICE facility last Wednesday morning as an act of targeted violence.

Officials said a sniper on the roof of a nearby building fired indiscriminately at the detention center, hitting three detainees who were arriving in a transport van. One of those detainees was killed, and two others were critically injured. No law enforcement officers were hurt.

Sources identified the shooter as Joshua Jahn, 29, who had ties to North Texas and Oklahoma. Investigators said he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound as agents approached him.

Bullets reportedly found at the scene had an anti-ICE message and FBI officials said they found handwritten notes in Jahn’s home indicating he wanted to terrorize ICE employees.

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