Prairieland Detention Center Ambush Storyboard
Here's a quick series of events surrounding this ambush.
In short, based on the number of weapons recovered, it could have been much worse. It sounds like some would-be shooters chickened out.
10:57pm: 10-12 individuals dressed in black begin shooting fireworks towards the Prairieland Detention Center.
10:58pm: 2x unarmed Correctional Officers approach the vandals. 10:59pm: Alvarado Police officers arrive.
10:59pm: 2x shooters engage police officers from about 100-150m, expending 20-30 rounds of 5.56 ammunition from AR platforms. At least one rifle jams, and the two shooting suspects flee to the west.
Shortly after, police apprehend 7x suspects in a field west of the shooting positions. Police also find 2x AR-15 style rifles abandoned in a nearby woodline. Some of the suspects were wearing body armor, carrying weapons, and had radios. A total of 12x sets of ballistic vests are later discovered in the area.
Additionally, a Johnson County Sheriff's Office detective makes a traffic stop and arrests 1x suspect armed with a black pistol, 2x sets of body armor, and 1x ballistic helmet. An additional 2x AR-15s are found in the backseats of the van. The suspect is also carrying a radio (no further information).
By my understanding, police make 8 arrests within the vicinity of the shooting.
They make another arrest (9) at 2:00am the following day (05 July) in a nearby town. Apparently, this guy fled on foot away from the scene.
On 06 July, it sounds like the FBI had some cell phone intercepts from a suspect who had left her vehicle parked on the street of another suspect, and requested to a co-conspirator that her vehicle be moved. She was concerned about a search warrant being served at the residence.
On 07 July, an FBI surveillance team observed one suspect carrying "multiple packages from his residence to his truck."
The FBI surveillance team followed this suspect to an apartment complex, and then observed the suspect take a box inside. The FBI later executed a search warrant and found insurrectionary propaganda (Antifa material).
Indictment ends, although there's at least one co-conspirator who has a separate indictment. I'll continue to track this story because there are a lot of loose ends and I'm betting this is not the end of armed violence against ICE.
Thank you for reading.