WANTED: FBI manhunt underway for armed Antifa suspect allegedly involved in ambush shooting outside ICE detention center in Texas

A manhunt is underway for an at-large subject linked to the Fourth of July ambush shooting attack outside the ICE Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas.

Benjamin Hanil Song, 32, of Dallas, is wanted for attempted murder and is "considered armed and dangerous," according to the FBI.

The FBI believes Song purchased four of the firearms connected to the premeditated attack, which was allegedly carried out by a North Texas Antifa cell. Ten heavily armed members of the cell have been arrested and charged with attempted murder and other crimes.


Benjamin Hanil Song is wanted by the FBI


On July 4, local and federal officers were lured to the area outside the ICE facility in Alvarado, Texas, and found themselves fired upon by a group of heavily armed militants dressed in black military-style clothing, according to the criminal complaint. One officer was shot in the neck area, but survived. Authorities said the gunmen fired approximately 20 to 30 rounds of ammunition at officers, using AR-15-style rifles.

According to the criminal complaint, one of Song's rifles, a Franklin Armory FAI-15 that was discovered abandoned at the scene of the shooting, had been modified with a binary trigger to nearly double the rate of fire.

The FBI believes Song hid in the woods near the ICE facility for roughly 24 hours after the ambush before escaping on foot. An FBI agent wrote in the court filing that Song's cell phone was traced near the scene of the crime beginning at 11:30 pm, shortly after the attack, and remained in the area throughout the day on July 5.



The Texas Department of Public Safety has added Song to its 10 Most Wanted List


Authorities said four of the firearms that were found in possession of several of the apprehended subjects had been purchased by Song. Additionally, a white 2017 Mercedes-Benz, registered to a relative of Song, was located outside defendant Bradford "Meagan Elizabeth" Morris' residence on July 6. Morris, a North Texas Antifa ringleader, has been accused of transporting several of the defendants to the ICE facility on the night of the ambush.


10 North Texas Antifa ambush shooting subjects have been apprehended. 

 

Song, a veteran of the US Marine Corps Reserves, has been involved in the North Texas Antifa cell for the past several years. He is part of an armed Antifa militant group called the Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club. Song is named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by a Christian group over a 2023 attack.

Video footage posted online shows that Song provided weapons and militancy training to Antifa in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in December 2022. The Instagram account featuring videos of Song providing weapons training is "anarchoairsoftist."

 

Antifa International follows the weapons training account
 

CCTV footage of Benjamin Song and co-Antifa defendants allegedly rushing in to attack Christians in April 2023 in Fort Worth, Texas


Tayler Hansen, an independent video journalist, shared photos on social media of encounters he has had with Song at previous protests in Texas. Song can be observed armed and dressed in all black while concealing his identity behind facial coverings.