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Shooter Identified After Deadly Attack At Texas Ice Facility Leaves One Dead, Two Hurt
Gunfire, mayhem, and a terrifying message: President Trump and Secretary of Homeland Security discuss the situation as they identify the lone rooftop shooter who opened fire on an ICE van during a deadly Dallas attack.
The guy responsible for Wednesday’s deadly shooting outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office in Dallas has been recognized by authorities. One detainee was killed and two others were injured in the attack.
Gunman Opens Fire ‘Indiscriminately’ Before Turning the Weapon on Himself
Joshua Jahn, 29, was identified by authorities as the shooter who fired from a rooftop with a view of the federal complex in Dallas. An ICE transport van transporting inmates was his aim. Joshua reportedly fired “indiscriminately” before turning the gun on himself in a terrifying apparent suicide, according to officials.
Investigators found used shot casings nearby, some of which had unsettling anti-government inscriptions inscribed on them. Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Kash Patel, disclosed that one bullet had the phrases “ANTI ICE,” and other bullets had statements that were “anti-ICE in nature.”
The Department of Homeland Security quickly described it as “an attack on ICE law enforcement,” highlighting the seriousness of the assault on federal authority, even though no ICE personnel were physically hurt.
There are more questions than answers as the inquiry progresses and a hazy picture of the shooter’s past starts to take shape.
Quiet Past, Digital Obsessions, and a Growing Mystery
Someone with the shooter’s name and birthday briefly attended the campus of Texas at Dallas more than ten years ago, according to a campus representative.
Two childhood friends, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of harassment, told ABC News they had not seen him in years but remembered him as a teen with a passion for gaming and internet culture. “This is a complete shock to me,” one of them said. “Josh was the least political out of all the people I knew in high school. He liked playing video games.”
Online activity associated with Joshua, such as a Reddit account and a Steam gaming profile, supported their recollections.
Posts about marijuana and online gaming culture were made on the Reddit page, which had been inactive for around six years. However, his Steam account showed that he was a dedicated gamer, with over 10,000 hours spent playing games like “Rust,” “Left 4 Dead 2,” and “Team Fortress 2.”
Donald Trump and Kristi Noem Respond to Attack: ‘This Is Despicable!’ and ‘It Must Stop’
U.S. President Donald Trump spoke to the country in a strongly worded statement that was released on Truth Social following the incident.
“I have been briefed on the deadly shooting at the ICE Field Office in Dallas, Texas. It has now been revealed the [sic] deranged shooter wrote ‘Anti-ICE’ on his shell casings. This is despicable!” reads a portion of his politically-charged comment.
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem also addressed the matter, taking to X with a message that recounted the known details thus far. “While we don’t know motive [sic] yet, we know that our ICE law enforcement is facing unprecedented violence against them. It must stop. Please pray for the victims and their families,” she added.
National leaders voiced their indignation, but the gunman’s broken family found it difficult to comprehend the carnage.
‘I’m So Sorry… I Can’t Talk’: Shooter’s Mother Breaks Down in Tears, While His Brother Is at a Loss for Words
Emotions were running high in the hours following the shooting, and Joshua’s family found it difficult to process what had happened. When Joshua’s mother, Sharon Jahn, arrived at her suburban Dallas home, she sobbed on the phone.
“I’m sorry, I can’t talk to you right now,” she told The Independent through sobs. “I’m sorry, I’m so sorry. But I just can’t talk to you now.” Sharon, 65, is retired from her work as an administrator of a massage school in Plano, while Joshua’s father, Andrew Jahn, also 65, is a retired mechanical engineer.
The couple has three children: Joshua, his older brother Noah Jahn, 30, and his younger sister Kioko Jahn, 26. Noah was also said to be shaken as he tried to reconcile the news. “I’m still trying to…” he said hesitantly, before trailing off. “I’m back and forth with the police, I’m just…” He then ended the call.
They couldn’t get through to Andrew. In an interview with NBC News, Noah said Joshua had never opposed ICE in the family and had no political interest.
From Boy Scout to Suspect: A ‘Unique’ Man with No Signs of Violence
“He didn’t have strong feelings about ICE as far as I knew,” Noah divulged, adding that his brother was not someone he ever imagined being involved in a politically driven attack. “I didn’t think he was politically interested. He wasn’t interested in politics on either side as far as I knew.”
The brothers spent their early years in the Boy Scouts while growing up in Allen, Texas. Joshua had done some coding work, Noah remembered, but he was unemployed at the time of the shooting and had been preparing to move to their parents’ Oklahoma home.
While their parents owned a rifle and Joshua was familiar with how to use it, Noah dismissed the notion that his brother possessed any advanced shooting skills. “He’s not a marksman, that’s for sure,” he explained. “He would not be able to make any shots like that.”
Noah was unaware at the time that his brother, whom he called “unique,” had been found to be the shooter. Joshua was last seen by Noah two weeks ago when they were at their parents’ house. He claimed that at the moment, Joshua’s behavior didn’t seem out of the ordinary or concerning.
A past Drug Charge, and a Gunman No One Saw Coming
While family members depicted Joshua as a man who appeared disengaged from politics and generally ordinary in his day-to-day activities, court documents provided additional insight into Joshua’s history. He was detained by the sheriff’s office in 2016 and accused of distributing marijuana, according to Collin County documents.
Joshua entered a guilty plea the next year for providing amounts ranging from a quarter of an ounce to five pounds. He was put on a five-year probationary period and fined $500. However, authorities suggested an early release because he complied with the supervision restrictions.
Less than two years after it started, the lawsuit was closed on April 4, 2017, when a judge granted the motion. Joshua was registered as an independent voter, according to public records, and he most recently voted in the general election of 2024.
As information about Joshua’s past became available, terrifying first-person stories from others who were ensnared in the confusion also surfaced.
‘That’s Very Close!’: Witness Captures Chaos as Shots Ring Out
As gunfire reverberated nearby, one woman, taking cover in her car with others parked close to the ICE facility, started filming a video.
The clip she later released showed the quick shots that punctuated the morning. When the attack started, Denises Robleto was on a video conversation with her sister and had been waiting to pick up her mother. “That’s very close, that’s very close,” a female passenger can be heard saying in Spanish during the firing.
Advising her to remain in the car, her sister said, “Don’t get out, stay inside the car.” However, Denises heard screams coming from the facility when she went outside to investigate what was going on. The horror of the moment persisted even though she and the other passengers were unharmed.
She later told CNN that she had to miss a doctor’s appointment and a ride she had planned for her employment with Uber because her car had been towed into the investigation as part of the crime scene.
Her first thought, however, was of her mother, who was inside the facility for an appointment when the shooting began. “I had never seen anything so stunning and so close before,” Denises recounted.
Mysterious Vehicle, Cryptic Sign, and Bomb Squad Sweep
The investigation expanded beyond the immediate crime site in the hours that followed. Authorities searched a Toyota with Texas license plates after swarming an office building next to the ICE facility, as seen by a CNN team.
The vehicle attracted special notice because of a banner displayed on its side that read, “Radioactive fallout from nuclear detonations have [sic] passed over these areas more than 2x since 1951.” The placard showed a map of the United States.
Bomb squad crews searched the area for explosives before anyone approached the car. According to a source, search warrants were also being carried out at houses connected to Joshua in the Dallas suburbs.
Whether the car is directly connected to the shooting is still unknown. The discovery is currently just one piece of evidence in a case that has left a family in shock, a town disturbed, and police still trying to figure out why a normal Wednesday morning turned violent.
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