DHS: Deadly Dallas ICE shooting came a month after bomb threat at same office

The lethal attack on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office near Dallas, Texas, on Wednesday was preceded by another incident in which a man claimed to have a backpack bomb, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

A man fired at an unmarked van at the facility on Wednesday and killed two detainees while injuring another. He was later found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

‘Our ICE law enforcement is facing unprecedented violence against them. It must stop. Please pray for the victims and their families.’

A statement from DHS given to Blaze News indicated that the same field office had been targeted by a man threatening to detonate a backpack bomb.

“The subject showed the security officer what he claimed to be a ‘detonator’ on his wrist. A shelter-in-place was issued for the facility. The officer called 911 and local police responded with a bomb squad,” read the statement from DHS.

The suspect was later identified as 36-year-old Bratton Dean Wilkinson, who is a U.S. citizen, according to DHS.

The revelation further corroborates claims from ICE that the rhetoric against immigration enforcement is leading to more incidents of violence against federal agents and locations.

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“While we don’t know motive yet, we know that our ICE law enforcement is facing unprecedented violence against them,” wrote DHS Secretary Kristi Noem in a statement to Blaze News. “It must stop. Please pray for the victims and their families.”

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