‘A senseless tragedy’: Second victim in Dallas ICE office shooting has died
A second victim of the shooting at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas on Sept. 24 has died, according to family members.
Miguel Ángel García-Hernández was critically injured when a sniper armed with a rifle opened fire at the ICE Field Office building from a nearby rooftop. The 32-year-old Arlington man was shot multiple times and had been on life support since the shooting.
“Unfortunately Miguel is no longer with us,” his family said in a GoFundMe, which was originally intended to raise money for García-Hernández’s medical bills. The money will now go to help cover his funeral expenses, as well as provide support for his wife and children.
García-Hernández died from his injuries after being taken off life support, the League of Latin American Citizens said in a news release Tuesday. He leaves behind four children, and his wife is expecting their fifth.
García-Hernández was originally from San Luis Potosí, Mexico, but had been in the United States for around 20 years, his brother told KUVN-TV. He worked as a painter.
García-Hernández’s wife, Stefany Gauffeny, described her husband as “a good man, a loving father, and the provider for our family,” according to LULAC. The couple had just purchased their first home together.
“His death is a senseless tragedy that has left our family shattered,” Gauffeny said. “I do not know how to explain to our children that their father is gone.”
Gauffeny told Star-Telegram media partner WFAA-TV that her husband was in the process of obtaining legal residency when he was arrested Aug. 8 on a charge of driving while intoxicated. He was moved from the Tarrant County Jail to the Dallas ICE facility on the day of the shooting.
García-Hernández and two other detainees were shot while inside a transport van in the sallyport of the ICE facility. Norlan Guzman-Fuentes, 37, died at the scene, according to Dallas County Medical Examiner records. He was originally from El Salvador.
The third victim, 33-year-old José Andrés Bordones-Molina from Venezuela, was injured but has since been released from the hospital, a Department of Homeland Security official confirmed to KTVT-TV.
The shooter, Joshua Jahn, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities have said. The 29-year-old North Texas man used a ladder to climb to the roof of a three-story office building near the ICE facility. He wasn’t a member of a political group, is believed to have acted without accomplices and expected to die during the ambush, according to evidence authorities recovered from his house and electronic devices.
Jahn intended to kill special agents and stir fear among their colleagues, investigators said. In what the region’s chief federal law enforcement official said was a “tragic irony,” Jahn ended up shooting three detainees.
No officers were injured in the shooting, but they ran toward the gunfire to try to help restrained detainees who were unable to get out of the van in which the victims were shot, officials said. There were other immigrants in the van besides the three who were shot, and officers brought them to safety, authorities said.
This story was originally published September 30, 2025 at 10:19 AM.
