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Former Marine reservist charged in Texas ICE facility shooting (www.marinecorpstimes.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Zaktor@sopuli.xyz to c/usa@midwest.social

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A former U.S. Marine Corps reservist has been arrested and charged with attempted murder in connection with an attack at a Texas immigration detention center in which a police officer was shot in the neck, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.

Benjamin Hanil Song, 32, is the latest person charged in the Fourth of July assault in which attackers dressed in black military-style clothing opened fire outside the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, southwest of Dallas, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas.

Song, from Dallas, was arrested after a weeklong search and has been charged with three counts of attempted murder of federal agents and three counts of discharging a firearm in relation to a crime of violence, the office said in a statement. He is accused of purchasing four of the guns linked to the attack, it said.

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[–] DreamAccountant@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

A dozen Americans try to liberate a nazi concentration camp in Texas. Nazis hunt down remaining Americans.

It should be front page news.

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The driver, the only person in the van, said he had been at the detention center. He said he had met some people online and drove some of them to the detention center from Dallas to “make some noise,” according to the complaint.

Song’s cellphone’s location data shows it was near the detention center from about 11:30 p.m. on July 4 and throughout the day on July 5, according to a criminal complaint.

They were really well equipped to also have such absolutely abysmal op sec.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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I've read about a few situations like this. There was a jail break that was meticulously planned but the escapees were quickly caught because they had no idea what to do once they got out of prison. Sometimes people get tunnel vision and lose sight of the bigger picture.

[–] redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

So a new underground railroad is needed to make this kind of thing viable.