A man attacked an immigration detention center in Washington, threw bombs and was shot dead by police

Tacoma police on Saturday shot dead an armed man who attacked a detention center in the Washington District, where US authorities are harboring immigrants during the deportation process.

The man arrived at the place located in 1623, coming from this state of the west coast, with a rifle on his back and fiery arsonists in his hands. After six hours of confrontation, Tacoma police announced that the attacker had been killed.

The Tacoma Northwest Detention Center is a private prison in the Department of Homeland Security that houses immigrants who expect the United States Department of Justice to solve their lawsuits for illegal entry into the country. The authorities there too they sent migrant parents separated from their children the slogan of "zero tolerance" from the Donald Trump government.

Before being killed, the attacker He managed to burn a vehicle and tried to do the same with a huge propane tank. and a building near the detention center.

Once the shooting was over, the police took control of the area to protect it. According to the protocol, the four uniformed officers who neutralized the shooter's badault were temporarily suspended from their duties so that forensic investigators could certify the official version of what happened.