{"id":3885,"date":"2026-07-21T13:41:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T13:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=3885"},"modified":"2026-07-21T13:41:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T13:41:11","slug":"army-veteran-with-ice-off-our-streets-sign-sets-fire-and-opens-pellet-gun-attack-outside-manhattan-immigration-court-injuring-three-authorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=3885","title":{"rendered":"Army veteran with \u2018ICE Off Our Streets\u2019 sign sets fire and opens pellet gun attack outside Manhattan immigration court, injuring three: authorities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Andrew Arrabaca, 43, went to the building known as 26 Federal Plaza \u201carmed with bad intentions,\u201d made \u201canti-government and anti-American statements\u201d as he was being arrested, and told investigators he didn\u2019t care if he killed people, said James Barnacle, the assistant director in charge of the FBI\u2019s New York field office.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=3883\">HUD suspends disaster funding to U.S. Virgin Islands housing authority, saying mismanagement has kept $1.3 billion from hurricane survivors<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe building was attacked,\u201d Barnacle said at a news conference on the street where the incident occurred. \u201cMr. Arrabaca was looking to injure people and harm people.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Among the injured was a person who had an immigration court hearing at the building, which also houses offices for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the FBI and other federal agencies. The building has been a hub of protests against President Donald Trump\u2019s\u00a0immigration crackdown.<\/p>\n<p>No charges had been announced against Arrabaca as of Monday evening. The FBI\u2019s Joint Terrorism Task Force is investigating, though Barnacle declined to classify the attack as an act of terrorism. It was not immediately clear if Arrabaca had a lawyer who could speak on his behalf.<\/p>\n<p>Arrabaca showed up outside 26 Federal Plaza around 8:30 a.m. wearing a military-style helmet and hauling a cart affixed with a sign that said \u201cICE Off Our Streets,\u201d New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said. His last known address was in Harlem, Tisch said, though he has also lived in Poughkeepsie \u2014 about 69 miles (111 kilometers) north of the city.<\/p>\n<p>According to Barnacle, Arrabaca poured gasoline on the ground outside an employee entrance and ignited it with a lighter and a large firework, which also caught fire. He then pulled out an airsoft rifle and fired five to seven pellets at the building before two Federal Protective Service officers and a security contractor ran up and took him into custody, Barnacle said.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Arrabaca, who repaired Patriot missile systems while in the Army from 2001 to 2005, \u201cyelled derogatory terms\u201d and \u201cused bad words\u201d about ICE as he was being arrested, Barnacle said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is an anti-American, anti-government extremist,\u201d Barnacle said. \u201cWe know that from what he said. We know that from what he said postarrest. And we know that from his actions that he tried to take today.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tisch, citing security video, offered a slightly different sequence of events. She said Arrabaca first lit a bundle of fireworks and then, as they began to smoke, pulled the pellet gun from his coat and fired at the building. Then, she said, he grabbed an orange bucket from his cart, dumped a flammable liquid near some bushes lining the building\u2019s perimeter and started a fire.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=3881\">The rare \u2018great conservation success story\u2019 is happening off New England as $10 million over 10 years brings back the quirky oystercatcher bird<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Videos and photos from the scene showed a fire on the sidewalk outside the building with a plume of smoke, as well as officers restraining a person and taking them away.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>An initial 911 call reported an active shooter, Tisch said. Subsequent calls reported an explosion and a man setting off fireworks, she said. In addition to the pellet gun, Barnacle said, Arrabaca had two axes, three fixed-blade knives, a hammer and a machete.<\/p>\n<p>Two government employees and a civilian, the person going to immigration court, were injured. The Department of Homeland Security, which runs the Federal Protective Service and ICE, said a bystander was grazed by the fireworks. A security officer who tackled Arrabaca sustained minor injuries, the agency said. The New York City Fire Department said one person was taken to a hospital with injuries that were not life threatening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat occurred outside 26 Federal Plaza this morning was deeply disturbing,\u201d New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said on social media. \u201cI\u2019m relieved no one was seriously injured and that a suspect is in custody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The building, where agents have carried out\u00a0chaotic\u00a0and\u00a0sometimes violent\u00a0arrests in the hallway as migrants leave hearings, is in a cluster of government buildings and courthouses in Lower Manhattan, a few blocks from City Hall, NYPD headquarters and the Brooklyn Bridge.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Security at 26 Federal Plaza was increased dramatically in the 1990s after it was revealed that followers of Egyptian sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman had included the building in a list of five New York City landmarks that were targeted for bombings. A bulletproof security booth was installed and a street outside the building\u2019s parking garage was closed to most vehicular traffic. ___<\/p>\n<p>Stengle reported from Dallas. Associated Press reporters Eric Tucker in Washington and Larry Neumeister in New York contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=3879\">Trump-backed hopeful to succeed DeSantis unveils plan to protect local water, electricity from data centers<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Arrabaca, 43, arrived at 26 Federal Plaza with fireworks, gasoline and a cart bearing an anti\u2011ICE slogan, the FBI told reporters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-immigration"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Army veteran with \u2018ICE Off Our Streets\u2019 sign sets fire and opens pellet gun attack outside Manhattan immigration court, injuring three: authorities - 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