AUSTIN (KXAN) — After “an intense, weeklong manhunt”, a North Texas man is in federal custody in connection with a coordinated 10-person attack on an ICE detention facility on July 4 in Alvarado, Texas, that resulted in an officer being shot in the neck, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a press release.
A statewide Blue Alert issued last week for Benjamin Hanil Song was likely the first time most Texans heard the name “Benjamin Song,” however, this was not the case for many Austin Police Department officers.
Song was among the 40 people arrested during the August 2020 protests in downtown Austin. Most of those arrests were for nonviolent offenses such as interfering with police. However, Song was charged with two counts of first-degree felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon against a peace officer.
According to Travis County court records, on Aug. 2, Song was in a large group of protesters on Congress Avenue with an assault-style rifle slung across his chest…