18th person arrested in connection with Texas ICE detention center shooting

Another person has been arrested in connection with the July 4 shooting at an immigration detention center in Alvarado, bringing the total arrest count to 18, according to a support committee for the defendants.

The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office arrested Janette Goering of Carrollton Tuesday on a state charge of aiding in the commission of terrorism, according to county jail records. Her bond is set at $5 million.

It’s unclear the exact role Goering is accused of playing in the nonfatal shooting of an Alvarado police officer — who has since recovered — at the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Prairieland Detention Center. No attorney is currently listed for Goering in county court records…

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