Agent dies from self-inflicted wound
Co-workers of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agent Mark Juvette were concerned because their fellow agent had not been heard from for a week and called Grand Prairie police to check on his welfare.
Grand Prairie police responded to Juvette’s apartment located at 2301 Avenue H around 7:00 p.m. Tuesday and made several attempts to get him to the door, but had to resort to a pass key from the apartment manager. As officers attempted to enter the apartment several shots were fired through the door at them. Fortunately, none of the officers were struck.
The officers pulled back and called for the department’s Tactical Team and Hostage Negotiators.
Negotiators made many attempts to contact Juvette but got no response from inside the apartment. With the help of a pole mounted camera, police found Juvette lying on a sofa and appeared to be dead.
Tactical officer then made entry into the apartment and confirmed Juvette was dead from an apparent self-inflicted head wound.
Carl Rusnok, spokesman for the U. S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE), said Mark Juvette was an Immigration Enforcement Agent with the Dallas Office of Detention and Removal Operations. He began working with the then Immigration and Naturalization Service in June 1998 as a Detention Enforcement Officer. He received promotions after ICE and the Department of Homeland Security were created in 2003.Grand Prairie police are continuing their investigation.
