Dallas ICE Shooting: FBI releases new information on shooting suspect Joshua Jahn

DALLAS – Investigators are looking for a motive in the shooting at a Dallas ICE facility that left one person dead and two others hurt. Investigators believe the suspect was 29-year-old Joshua Jahn.

The FBI and Department of Homeland Security are expected to release more details on what they’ve learned at a news conference at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday. You’ll be able to watch that news conference live within this story or on FOX Local.

FBI Releases Information on Joshua Jahn

The Latest:

FBI Director Kash Patel released some information about the suspected shooter on Thursday morning, more than 24 hours after the shooting.

He said the FBI has been working around the clock to seize devices, exploit data, and process writings found on his person, at his home and in his bedroom.

According to Patel, Joshua Jahn downloaded a document titled “Dallas County Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management,” which contained a list of Department of Homeland Security facilities.

He also conducted multiple searches of ballistics and the “Charlie Kirk Shot Video” between Sept. 23 and Sept. 24.

Law enforcement, including members of the FBI, investigate a vehicle parked near the building alledgely used by the shooter, following a shooting near a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Dallas, Texas, on September 24

He also searched apps that tracked the presence of ICE agents between August 19 and August 24.

According to Patel, one of the handwritten notes recovered read, “Hopefully this will give ICE agents real terror, to think, ‘is there a sniper with AP rounds on that roof?’”

Patel said other accumulated evidence to this point indicates a high degree of pre-attack planning.

ICE Security Heightened

Right now, additional security is stationed outside the ICE facility in Dallas.  Immigration check-ins at the facility are on hold until Monday. The Department of Homeland Security is increasing security at all ICE facilities across the country.

The backstory:

At a news conference, local, state, and federal law enforcement officials confirmed that the shooting happened around 6:30 a.m. at the detention facility located on North Stemmons Freeway.

Dallas police officers found four people who had been shot. Two of those people were dead, including the shooter. The shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The other two were taken to the hospital.

The Victims

Victims in the fatal Dallas ICE facility shooting

It’s been over 14 hours since the shooting at this ICE facility that left 2 people dead including the shooter and injured two others. While we know the identity of the suspected shooter we’ve received almost no information on the identity of the victims. But we have been able to confirm that one of the victims is a Mexican national.

The Department of Homeland Security originally reported that a second victim had died at the hospital but later corrected that statement. The two victims in the hospital are reportedly in critical condition.

None of the victims are law enforcement officers, officials confirmed.

Officials said they are not releasing the identities of the victims at this time. The Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed at least one of the injured detainees is of Mexican nationality.

Who is Joshua Jahn?

Jahn had ties to North Texas and Oklahoma. Federal investigators searched at least two homes connected to the reported sniper. 

He was linked to a home in Durant, Oklahoma, and a home in Fairview, which is in Collin County. 

Investigators were seen taking boxes out of one of the homes in Fairview.

Jahn does not appear to have a long criminal history. Court records show he hasn’t been convicted of a violent crime, but was arrested in 2015 for marijuana possession in Collin County.

A spokesperson for Collin College in McKinney confirmed Jahn studied at the school at various times between 2013 and 2018.