{"id":449115,"date":"2026-09-27T07:08:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T07:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/449115\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T07:08:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T07:08:07","slug":"i-hope-this-never-happens-to-another-family-vigil-held-one-year-after-dallas-ice-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/449115\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I hope this never happens to another family\u2019: Vigil held one year after Dallas ICE shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two men were killed a year ago after a gunman opened fire at the Dallas ICE facility from a neighboring rooftop. Three men were shot.<\/p>\n<p>DALLAS \u2014 This week marks one year since a gunman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/article\/news\/crime\/one-year-after-shooting-outside-dallas-ice-facility-widow-still-seeks-answers\/287-0df94590-7f13-4aa5-8960-6d4ae9b7d79e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">opened fire<\/a> from a nearby rooftop at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas, striking three detainees.<\/p>\n<p>Two of the victims died: Miguel Angel Garcia-Hernandez and Norlan Guzman Fuentes.<\/p>\n<p>This week, family members and loved ones gathered for a memorial honoring the two men. The sound of guitar filled the air as those who knew and loved them reflected on their lives.<\/p>\n<p>                                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/assets\/shared-images\/icons\/arrow-circle-down.svg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                                This story continues below.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Garcia-Hernandez and Guzman Fuentes were remembered through vibrant artwork and a gathering centered on their memories.<\/p>\n<p>Their wives say the men were known for their personalities and the joy they brought to those around them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was very cheerful, very, very\u2026\u201d said Berenice Prieto, Guzman Fuentes\u2019 wife.<\/p>\n<p>Stephany Gauffeny, Garcia-Hernandez\u2019s wife, remembered him as someone who was \u201creally happy, happy and always smiling and always joking around, not taking anything serious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Guzman Fuentes died at the scene. Garcia-Hernandez died days later at a hospital. His death came just days before Gauffeny gave birth to their youngest child.<\/p>\n<p>Now, a year later, Gauffeny is working to make sure her child grows up knowing his father.<\/p>\n<p>She said the family shows the child photographs of Garcia-Hernandez, including pictures that help him recognize his father.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe probably recognizes him from the pictures,\u201d Gauffeny said.<\/p>\n<p>Garcia-Hernandez was from Mexico. Guzman Fuentes was from El Salvador.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities identified the gunman as a 29-year-old man who they said was targeting ICE personnel.<\/p>\n<p>For the families, however, this week is not only about remembering the men. It is also about the questions that remain.<\/p>\n<p>Both families have pushed for autopsies and additional details about what happened in the moments following the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Those families say they are still waiting for answers from officials.<\/p>\n<p>For Gauffeny, the hope is that no other family has to experience the same loss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only thing I would like to say is just, I just, my hope is for this to not happen to any other family, the way it did,\u201d she said. \u201cI can&#8217;t imagine anyone else going through the same thing, you know, kids, and it&#8217;s just been really, really hard. Even a year later, it feels like it was just yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One year later, the memorial serves as a reminder of the lives Garcia-Hernandez and Guzman Fuentes left behind and of the families who continue to grieve while seeking answers about the violence that took them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two men were killed a year ago after a gunman opened fire at the Dallas ICE facility from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":449116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103],"class_list":["post-449115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}