FBI warns of more attacks after shots fired at ICE offices

The Associated Press

5 years ago

FBI agents examine the scenes Tuesday, August 13, 2019 where someone fired shots at two buildin ... — FBI agents examine the scenes Tuesday, August 13, 2019 where someone fired shots at two buildings in San Antonio that house officers connected to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (Guillermo Contreras/The San Antonio Express-News via AP)

A large hole can be seen where bullets shattered a window of a building in the 1700 block of NE Loop 410 that houses administrative executive offices of ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019 in San Antonio, Texas. FBI agents were on hand to examine the scene where someone fired shots at two buildings in San Antonio that house officers connected to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (Guillermo Contreras/The San Antonio Express-News via AP)

SAN ANTONIO — An FBI supervisor in Texas says he’s concerned that additional attacks could occur after shots were fired at a building housing federal immigration enforcement personnel.

FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs said during a news conference Tuesday that, “We cannot allow political discourse to lead us to the point of violence.”

Combs says at least one vehicle pulled up to a building in San Antonio early Tuesday that houses offices for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and a gunman fired shots through a window.

He says the building has several tenants and the gunman must have known where the ICE offices were located. There were ICE employees inside at the time but none were hurt.

Combs says another San Antonio building used by ICE also was fired on Tuesday.