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Six charged in ICE facility shooting jailed on federal hold in Wichita County
Joshua Hoggard
Tue, September 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM EDT·1 min read
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WICHITA COUNTY (
KFDX/KJTL) — Six women who were arraigned on federal charges related to the shooting of an Alvarado police officer at an ICE detention center on July 4, 2025, were being held in the Wichita County Jail Tuesday.
Jail records show that the following inmates were booked into the Wichita County Law Enforcement Center on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, all of whom are currently in custody on a federal hold:
- Savanna Batten, of Joshua
- Joy Gibson, of Dallas
- Maricela Rueda, of Fort Worth
- Elizabeth Soto, of Fort Worth
- Lynette Sharp, of Watauga
- Rebecca Morgan, of Dallas
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Federal court documents showed that all six detainees are named in federal complaints filed in the U.S. Northern District Court on charges related to what police called an “ambush-style shooting” at the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, an ICE facility currently in use by the Department of Homeland Security.
According to federal court documents, police initially responded to reports of vandalism at the facility, with several cars spray-painted with anti-immigration statements. However, when authorities arrived on the scene, one was shot in the neck. Authorities said the officer who was shot survived.
Officials have called the ordeal a “peaceful protest turned shooting,” arresting a total of 15 people on federal charges stemming from the incident.
Batten, Gibson, Rueda, Soto, Sharp, and Morgan all appeared in federal court in Fort Worth on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, where they were arraigned on charges related to the shooting.
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