Two charged in Texas ICE facility assault, suspect at giant

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Federal authorities have charged two people in reference to a focused assault on a Texas ICE detention facility earlier this month that left one officer injured as the ultimate suspect stays on the run.

John Phillip Thomas and Lynette Learn Sharp are charged with alleged accent after the very fact within the July 4 capturing on the Prairieland Detention Middle in Alvarado, in accordance with courtroom paperwork.

"[Sharp and Thomas] had been concerned in Sign Chats, which present reconnaissance," Nancy Larson, the performing U.S. Lawyer, advised "Fox and Mates" on Tuesday, including the pair are accused of "planning a Google map [and] the situation of close by police departments."

Authorities are nonetheless looking for alleged attacker Benjamin Hanil Music. Music, 32, is needed for his involvement in what officers say was an organized assault on ICE officers by a bunch of 10 to 12 people.

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John Phillip Thomas and Lynette Learn Sharp are charged with alleged accent after the very fact within the July 4 capturing on the Prairieland Detention Middle in Alvarado, in accordance with courtroom paperwork. (Mark David Smith/Fort Price Star-Telegram/Tribune Information Service through Getty Pictures; Johnson County Sheriff’s Workplace)

4 days after the attack , authorities executed a search warrant at Thomas’ dwelling in Dallas, with Thomas initially denying figuring out Music earlier than admitting the pair had been associates since 2022 and beforehand lived collectively from September 2024 to late June 2025, in accordance with courtroom paperwork.

Thomas allegedly advised investigators he was housesitting for a pal on the day of the assault and met with three people the next day, later telling officers the group mentioned the capturing and their plans to assist Music flee the realm. Court docket paperwork state Thomas then admitted to transporting Music to a separate dwelling within the space.

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A gaggle ambushed corrections and cops exterior the Prairieland Detention Middle in Alvarado, Texas, on July 4, 2025, making a distraction with fireworks and graffiti earlier than firing upon officers with semiautomatic rifles. (Mark David Smith/Fort Price Star-Telegram/Tribune Information Service through Getty Pictures)

Upon looking out Thomas’ automobile, officers found a loaded 30-round AR-15 journal and a Walmart receipt for clothes in Music’s dimension dated July 6, in accordance with federal prosecutors.

Thomas allegedly advised authorities he bought the clothes for Music.

The paperwork additionally reveal Thomas was a member of two separate Sign Discussion groups that additionally included Music, with Thomas allegedly eradicating Music from one of many chats the morning after the capturing.

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Ten people have been charged for his or her roles within the capturing of an Alvarado police officer on the Prairieland Detention Middle. (Justice Division)

The group chats had been additionally allegedly utilized by Sharp, through which she is accused of discussing the group’s plans to partake in an operation on the Prairieland Detention Middle, however divulged that she wouldn't have the ability to attend on account of "household issues" and supplied to watch the chat for the group.

The courtroom paperwork additionally reveal Sharp allegedly used the net chat to assist organize Music’s transport from Thomas to a different unnamed particular person.

Authorities have arrested 14 individuals for his or her alleged connections to the assault, whereas Music remains at large .

Fox Information Digital was unable to right away find attorneys representing Thomas and Sharp.

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Benjamin Music is needed for his alleged involvement within the focused assault towards ICE brokers in Alvarado, Texas on July 4, 2025. (FBI)

"We consider he's someplace within the Dallas-Fort Price space however have expanded our publicity efforts to neighboring states simply in case," the FBI Dallas Subject Workplace advised Fox Information Digital on Monday.

Music is accused of firing two AR-15-style rifles at a pair of correctional officers and an Alvarado police officer, in accordance with a felony grievance. He faces three counts of tried homicide of a federal officer and three counts of discharging a firearm in furtherance of against the law of violence.

The FBI didn't instantly reply to Fox Information Digital's request for remark.

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The FBI is providing a $25,000 reward for info resulting in Music’s arrest and conviction, with authorities noting the previous U.S. Marine Corps reservist needs to be thought-about armed and harmful.

"These newest two expenses present the partitions are closing in on [Song]," Larson stated, including, "he's working out of individuals to go to."

Fox Information Digital’s Stephen Sorace contributed to this report.

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