Texas Police Officer Shot in Neck Outside Detention Center

July 7, 2025
Alvarado police responding to reports of a suspicious person outside the Prairieland Detention Facility were met by gunfire from multiple suspects, and one officer was wounded in the neck.
The morning after the shooting, U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche posted to X and said the U.S. Justice Department is monitoring the Prairieland shooting and other attacks at department of Homeland Security facilities.

“The Department has zero tolerance for assaults on federal officers or property and will bring the full weight of the law against those responsible,” Blanche said in the social media post.

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