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The Earle Cabell Federal Building and Courthouse, named for former Dallas mayor
Earle Cabell Earle Cabell (October 27, 1906 – September 24, 1975) was an American politician who served as the 48th mayor of Dallas from 1961 to 1964. Cabell was mayor at the time of the John F. Kennedy assassination, assassination of United States President ...
, is located in the Government District of
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,
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, United States. It houses the
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, which exercises original jurisdiction over 100 counties in North and West Texas; United States Bankruptcy and Magistrate Courts; a
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office; an
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office; passport offices; and other federal offices. Built in 1971, it shares a wall with the
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-style Federal Building, previously known as the Santa Fe Building. It was listed on the
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in 2023.


Incidents

In 1995, the building was evacuated following a bomb threat called in to the IRS office. On June 30, 2015, an envelope containing white powder was discovered in an office on the 14th floor. The
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determined that the powder was chalk; no one was injured in the incident. On June 17, 2019, a lone shooter, identified as former Army infantryman Brian Isaack Clyde, opened fire at the building. Building security returned fire, fatally wounding the gunman. Clyde then collapsed in the parking lot before being rushed to the
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and being pronounced dead. There were no other casualties, although one employee was reported to have suffered superficial injuries when she took cover.


See also

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2019 Dallas courthouse shooting On June 17, 2019, a shooting occurred at the Earle Cabell Federal Building and Courthouse in Dallas, Texas, United States. No law enforcement officers or civilians were injured in the shooting, though one person sustained a superficial injury w ...


References

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