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Police Officer Shot Outside Immigration Detention Facility in Texas
NYTimes ^ | July 6, 2025 | Amanda Holpuch

Posted on 07/06/2025 4:23:53 PM PDT by ransomnote

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.

One officer tried to talk to the person and then several other people opened fire on the officer, who was wounded in the neck and flown to a hospital. The officer was treated and discharged from the hospital, the sheriff’s office said.

Several people tried to flee, but they were taken into custody by officers, the statement said. It was not clear how many people were taken into custody nor whether they were still being held on Sunday morning.

“At this time the motives of the suspects are unclear,” the sheriff’s office said.


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To: ransomnote
“At this time the motives of the suspects are unclear,” the sheriff’s office said.

The usual bunch of BS. They already know damn well the motive and we know it's really bad because they don't want to tell us.

21 posted on 07/06/2025 5:58:21 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man, but it's ok---- I wasn't married to it.)
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To: stinkerpot65

Yes. Dems are low character types who do not accept honestly losing anything.


22 posted on 07/06/2025 5:59:16 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: lurk

Good guess.

“Finally, we are getting somewhere.”

—Inspector Clouseau.


23 posted on 07/06/2025 6:01:57 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: ransomnote

For two days the low integrity NY Times staffers paced, sat down, stood up, paced, argued and then said “Keep the motive and the background out and allow the story out.” “Agree.”


24 posted on 07/06/2025 6:03:32 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: ransomnote

““At this time the motives of the suspects are unclear,” the sheriff’s office said”.

Looked pretty clear to me.


25 posted on 07/06/2025 6:16:48 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: lurk

Nah; just to use him for target practice..


26 posted on 07/06/2025 6:48:05 PM PDT by imardmd1 (To learn is to live; the joy of living: to teach. Fiat Lux!)
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To: Steely Tom

I hope you’re wrong with our present IC.


27 posted on 07/06/2025 7:30:21 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: ransomnote

Thank God! ✝️

The officer survived, though he is still being treated medically. I wish him all the best and a speedy and complete recovery🙂


28 posted on 07/07/2025 10:32:25 AM PDT by Menes (Thank you, America, for giving us hope!)
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To: Steely Tom

Lol. Man oh man, if only I were back in my late 20s or early 30s, as I would love to don the ICE uniform and go shoulder-to-shoulder with these patriots. We might have to assist them anyway. Ex-paratrooper here.


29 posted on 07/07/2025 2:58:53 PM PDT by 82nd Bragger (Count to four except when in a helicopterw)
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To: ransomnote

Word on the street is 9 Trantifa arrested on terrorism and aggravated assault.


30 posted on 07/07/2025 4:44:38 PM PDT by Clay Moore (My pistol identifies as a cordless hole punch. )
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