DALLAS (Echosphere News) — In a breaking development, two individuals apprehended in connection with a shooting incident outside an immigration detention facility in Texas are facing new serious charges. These charges arise following the recent proclamation from the Trump administration classifying a decentralized activist movement known as antifa as a domestic terrorist organization.
Autumn Hill and Zachary Evetts were indicted on Wednesday by a federal grand jury in Fort Worth. The indictment accuses them of providing material support to terrorists as well as attempting to murder U.S. federal officers. Officials allege that both individuals were part of an antifa cell actively plotting the shooting.
Initially, Hill and Evetts were among eleven individuals facing attempted murder accusations related to the violent events on July 4th at the Prairieland Detention Center, located in Alvarado, Texas. The incident reportedly resulted in injuries to a police officer.
Attorney General Pam Bondi has voiced her intentions to prosecute antifa as a terrorist group, reflecting the government's current stance towards activist movements involved in violent confrontations.
Antifa, short for 'anti-fascist', is not a singular organization but rather an umbrella term encompassing various militant groups that resist neo-Nazi and white supremacist movements during protests.
The report indicates that during the attack on July 4th, a group of individuals, dressed in black clothing and masked, employed fireworks against the center while vandalizing vehicles and a guard shed. The escalating confrontation led to gunfire as law enforcement responded.
An attorney for Hill commented that these terrorism-related charges seem exaggerated and may resonate with a desire to sway public opinion rather than stand firm on legal principles. Meanwhile, Evetts’ lawyer claims there is no substantial basis for the charges against his client.
According to documentation concerning the attack, searches associated with the incident revealed anti-government materials, though no direct connection to antifa was made at that time.
This case has emerged amid ongoing controversies surrounding immigration policies under the Trump administration, with heightened enforcement and deportations drawing attention, alongside a recent similar violent episode involving border patrol agents.
