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FBI captures former Marine Corps reservist accused of shooting at ICE officers at Texas detention center
FOXnews ^ | 7/15/25 | Greg Wehner

Posted on 07/15/2025 5:39:58 PM PDT by CFW

Federal authorities arrested a military veteran on Tuesday afternoon, who was wanted in connection with an attack on an ICE detention facility in Texas and remained on the run for nearly 11 days after the attack.

The FBI Dallas Field Office said it apprehended 32-year-old Benjamin Song on Tuesday afternoon in Dallas.

Song allegedly joined a group of 10 to 12 others in an organized attack on officers at the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, on July 4. Ten assailants were apprehended at the time, though Song managed to evade capture, according to authorities.

"The FBI has worked tirelessly to arrest everyone associated with the shooting at the Prairieland Detention Center," FBI Dallas Field Office Special Agent in Charge R. Joseph Rothrock said. "We would like to thank all the entities that publicized this case and assisted in our efforts to successfully locate Benjamin Song.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Texas
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To: Seaplaner

No, he is indeed a veteran. But an OTH discharge is definitely considered a blemish. It’s tough to come back from, but certainly not impossible.

But he won’t come back from this.


21 posted on 07/15/2025 7:47:39 PM PDT by Salvavida
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To: CFW

Are Democrats defending this b*stard yet?


22 posted on 07/15/2025 7:48:01 PM PDT by citizen (A transgender male competing against women may be male, but he's no man.)
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To: politicket

The authorities were searching because they couldn’t proceed with the case, without Song.

Without A Song
by Vincent Youmans with lyrics later added by Billy Rose and Edward Eliscu 1929)

Without a song,
the day would never end
Without a song,
the road would never bend
When things go wrong, a man ain’t got a friend
Without a song!


23 posted on 07/15/2025 7:49:58 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: CFW

Mug shot.

I don’t speak to nobody until I see my hair stylist.


24 posted on 07/15/2025 7:50:45 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: CFW

Now those Blue Alerts will stop going off on my phone.


25 posted on 07/15/2025 7:52:09 PM PDT by Allegra (Thank you for your attention to this matter. )
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To: frank ballenger

Song sung blue
Weeping like a willow
Song sung blue
Sleeping on my pillow

Funny thing, but you can sing it with a cry in your voice
And before you know, start to feeling good
You simply got no choice


26 posted on 07/15/2025 7:53:52 PM PDT by Allegra (Thank you for your attention to this matter. )
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To: FlingWingFlyer

It’s only the libtards who vote to do so.


27 posted on 07/15/2025 8:08:12 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Allegra

Ha.

His own fault for not changing his name.


28 posted on 07/15/2025 8:18:47 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: politicket

They gonna teach him how to play the meat whistle


29 posted on 07/15/2025 8:37:49 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: CFW

Good to know that the FIB is going after actual criminals these days.


30 posted on 07/15/2025 8:46:20 PM PDT by vpintheak (Screw the ChiComms! America first!)
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To: citizen

I doubt it.


31 posted on 07/15/2025 9:03:34 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: hoagy62

Does he have an Honorable Discharge?


32 posted on 07/15/2025 9:03:43 PM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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To: Bigg Red

“I recall reading in another article that this punk had received a dishonorable discharge”
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Regarding Song’s military Service:

“On Friday, the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve confirmed Song served for nearly five years, with a specialization as a supply administration and operations clerk. He received an other-than-honorable discharge in 2016, court documents said. At the time, his rank was Lance Corporal, according to the Marines.”

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/crime/wanted-suspect-charged-ice-detention-center-ambush-had-previous-accusation-assaulting-police-officers/287-f6c67b69-d797-4de2-98a0-ad8ed220854d


33 posted on 07/15/2025 9:13:29 PM PDT by Ozymandias Ghost
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To: CFW

I don’t care if he’s Chesty flippin’ Puller. Throw the book at this piece of human debris.


34 posted on 07/15/2025 9:15:47 PM PDT by cld51860 ("This business will get out of control...")
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To: hoagy62

No, the saying is there are no “EX” Marines. Former? All of us who are no longer on active duty.


35 posted on 07/15/2025 9:31:38 PM PDT by Spacetrucker
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To: Seaplaner

Still a veteran - discharge status doesn’t change that. Even a dishonorable is still technically a veteran - a useless P.O.S., but a veteran.


36 posted on 07/15/2025 9:33:52 PM PDT by Spacetrucker
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To: politicket

He’ll get 20 years to sing his song.


37 posted on 07/15/2025 10:11:59 PM PDT by Enterprise ( These people have no honor, no belief, no poetry, no art, no humor, no patriotism.)
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To: Enterprise
Members of the North Texas Antifa terror cell who have been apprehended in connection with the ambush shooting


38 posted on 07/15/2025 11:26:04 PM PDT by CFW
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To: Seaplaner

I agree the Other Than Honorable discharge should not be considered a veteran.

Looking it up, they apparently can ask for a character of discharge review to be considered a veteran for veteran benefits. This guy would never pass that review, that’s for sure.


39 posted on 07/16/2025 3:21:20 AM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: CFW

Nice that they could take time out from protecting elitist pedophiles.


40 posted on 07/16/2025 3:42:38 AM PDT by nonliberal (Russia is not my enemy.)
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