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Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Yahoo
WANTED: FBI Searching For 12th Suspect In Anti-Enforcement Attack Near Fort Worth
Officials have brought charges against a twelfth suspect in the attack on a Fort Worth-area ICE facility. He is currently wanted by the FBI. Benjamin Hanil Song, a 32-year old from Dallas, allegedly took part in an 'organized attack' against an ICE detention center in Alvarado during Independence Day, according to a release from Nancy Larson, acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Texas. Assailants in black body armor surrounded the ICE Prairieland Detention Facility in Alvarado late on July 4, as The Dallas Express previously reported. Gunmen ambushed law enforcement, shooting an Alvarado police officer in the neck and firing at ICE corrections officers. Song — from Dallas — allegedly purchased four guns connected to the shooting, according to the release, including two 'AR-style' rifles found at the scene. He also reportedly bought the rifle found that night in the vehicle of Bradford Morris — another suspect, a male who goes by 'Meagan Morris.' Additionally, Song is said to have purchased the pistol officials found in suspect Joy Gibson's backpack. He is charged with three counts of attempted murder of federal agents and three counts of firing a gun during a violent crime. Officials charged 10 other suspects with the same crimes. When the suspects fled from the ICE facility, police arrested 10 of them, as The Dallas Express reported. But, according to the release, officers did not find Song that night. Song's cell phone location suggested he was within 'several hundred meters' of the facility, starting during the attack and ending after dark the next day. 'I believe that Song was hiding in the woods until dark the day after the shooting before fleeing the area,' an FBI special agent wrote in a criminal complaint obtained by The Dallas Express. A white Mercedes-Benz registered to one of his relatives was later found on Morris' block on July 6. Surveillance footage from DFW International Airport reportedly captured Song driving the vehicle on May 23. The FBI is offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to Song's arrest. He is Asian, with black hair and brown eyes. He stands 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 150 lbs. Song is considered 'armed and dangerous,' according to his wanted poster. Anyone with information should call 1-800-CALL-FBI, visit or contact the nearest American embassy or consulate. Song served in the United States Marine Corps Reserves from 2011 to 2016 and received an 'other than honorable discharge,' according to the complaint. On the night of the attack, he traveled to the ICE facility with Morris, according to the complaint. A 'cooperating defendant' said the gunfire during the attack was consistent with a gun Song had purchased. 'The quick action and professionalism of our state and local law enforcement officers in the immediate aftermath of the shooting resulted in the prompt capture of ten of the assailants,' Larson said in the release. 'Though Song escaped the scene by hiding overnight, he will be relentlessly pursued until he is in custody.'
Fox News
09-07-2025
- Fox News
More details revealed on suspects in Independence Day ICE attack in Texas
Some of the suspects charged with attempted murder of two ICE agents and a police officer at Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, on Independence Day met in an online chat group on Signal, and court records show the incident could have been worse. A July 7 criminal complaint filed by the U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas alleges that assailants shot 20 to 30 rounds from an AR-15-style rifle before it jammed, causing it to malfunction. Investigators continued on Tuesday to look into how the suspects were linked, including through a possible Signal group chat. Ten individuals are facing federal charges, including three counts of attempted murder of federal agents in addition to three counts of "discharging a firearm in relation to a crime of violence." In addition, the U.S. Attorney's office charged an 11th suspect, Daniel Rolando Sanchez Estrada, with concealing evidence. On Friday night, the heavily armed group lured two unarmed ICE agents into a parking lot by firing a barrage of fireworks at their door, and spray-painting graffiti on their personal cars with the words "traitor" and "Ice Pig," which agents could see from the cameras inside. At around the same time, a police officer responded to their 911 call for two men firing rounds from a nearby tree line, and an officer was hit in the neck, which forced the agents to take cover. The officer who was hit is expected to recover, according to DHS. Suspect Bradford Morris was arrested while trying to flee from the scene in a red Hyundai van. While in custody, he told an FBI agent he had been "part of a Signal Group Chat for a while and that he had been invited to the group chat years ago after attending a protest." He drove to the incident with another suspect and two people he only knew by their nicknames, "Champagne and Rowan." Inside Morris' van, police found a revolver, two AR-15 rifles, two Kevlar vests, a ballistic helmet and a loaded magazine. According to the criminal complaint, Morris "claimed that he met some people online and transported some of them down from Dallas" to the center in order to "make some noise." Police also found seven suspects in black military fatigues wandering in a field 300 yards away, some of whom were covered in mud from trying to escape on foot. They also had weapons, vests and radios. "One possibility is that they are related and this is a national concerted effort, to go after first responders," Alex Del Carmen, criminologist, told Fox 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth. "The second possibility is that, in fact, this may not be related at all, and these are simply copycats, people are getting inspired to do this kind of harm to first responders because they're reading what's happening in other states," he added. Court records revealed extensive planning as well as anti-government literature obtained in an apartment tied to a suspect, including literature entitled "Organising for Attack! Insurrectionary Anarchy." The term "insurrectionary anarchy" is explained as a "subset of anarchism that stands out for its commitment to violence and revolutionary insurrection," according to a Perspectives on Terrorism journal article, which is part of the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism, from March 2024. The Combating Terrorism Center at West Point also had a journal article in March 2023 that explained "insurrectionary anarchism is regarded as the most serious form of domestic (non-jihadi) terrorist threat." Another suspect allegedly had flyers in his backpack with "Fight ICE terror with class war!" and "Free all political prisoners." "ICE is actively working with the FBI and the Texas Rangers regarding the incident," a DHS spokesperson said in a statement. "Threats or acts of violence toward law enforcement officers will NOT be tolerated. Secretary Noem has made it clear: If you threaten or attempt to harm a law enforcement officer, we will find you and prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law," the statement continued. Fox News Digital reached out to the FBI and the Department of Justice.
Mint
09-07-2025
- Mint
10 Charged with attempted murder after officer shot at Texas ICE Detention Centre
Ten individuals have been charged with attempted murder following a Fourth of July shooting at a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centre in Texas, which left a federal officer wounded. The incident unfolded at the Prairieland Detention Centre in Alvarado, located roughly 28 miles south of Fort Worth, amid 4th of July Independence Day demonstrations across the United States. What began as a disruptive act involving fireworks and vehicle vandalism escalated into gunfire, according to federal authorities. A criminal complaint filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas states that the 10 suspects each face three counts of attempted murder of a federal officer and three counts of discharging a firearm in relation to a crime of violence. The officer, who sustained a gunshot wound to the neck, was treated at a local hospital and has since been discharged, the Johnson County Sheriff's Office confirmed on Sunday. The officer's identity has not been disclosed. Court documents detail that the shooting occurred shortly after an Alvarado Police Department officer arrived in the detention centre's parking lot. As the officer exited their vehicle, gunfire erupted from nearby woods, striking the officer. A second shooter, positioned near an intersection just outside the wooded area, also opened fire on federal correctional officers. Investigators recovered spent 5.56-calibre shell casings—commonly associated with AR-15-style rifles—at both shooting locations. A Johnson County detective later stopped a 2007 Hyundai van believed to have fled the scene. The driver, identified as Bradford Morris, who also goes by Meagan Morris, allegedly told police they had met individuals online and brought them to the detention centre to 'make some noise.' Officers searching the van discovered a handgun, two AR-15-style rifles, two Kevlar-style ballistic vests and a ballistic helmet. Around 11:10 p.m., law enforcement located seven other suspects on foot approximately 300 yards west of the shooting site. Some were reportedly armed and dressed in black military-style clothing and body armour. Legal experts say the charges could extend beyond the shooters. Mark Osler, a former federal prosecutor in Detroit and a law professor at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, explained that prosecutors may pursue charges against those who did not pull the trigger. 'If the defendants are found to have aided and abetted an attempted murder, they can face the charge. Or the attempted murder can be prosecuted as a conspiracy if it is shown that it was a coordinated action,' Professor Osler said. 'It's an unusually large alleged conspiracy, and a lot of people working in coordination if the allegations are true,' he added.
