MCKINNEY, Texas--A gunman who wrote "ANTI-ICE" on an unused bullet killed one detainee and wounded two others on Wednesday when he fired on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Dallas from a nearby rooftop before taking his own life, officials said.
FBI Director Kash Patel posted a photo on X of what he said was the suspect's unused ammunition, showing the shell casing of one round inscribed with the phrase "ANTI-ICE" along the side."While the investigation is ongoing, an initial review of the evidence shows an ideological motive behind this attack," Patel wrote.
U.S. President Donald Trump quickly politicized the incident on his Truth Social platform, accusing "Radical Left Democrats" of stoking anti-ICE violence by "constantly demonizing Law Enforcement, calling for ICE to be demolished, and comparing ICE Officers to Nazis."
Invoking the assassination of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk two weeks ago, Trump said "Radical Left Terrorists" pose a "grave threat" to law enforcement and "must be stopped."
Trump added he would sign an executive order this week to "dismantle these Domestic Terrorism Networks," though he gave no evidence to support the notion that left-wing political violence posed any more of a threat than violence from the right.
In a statement about the Texas shooting, the Department of Homeland Security said the suspect fired "indiscriminately" at the ICE facility, including at a van in the building's secured entryway where the victims were shot.The department initially said two victims were dead and one injured, before later issuing a corrected statement that one detainee had been killed and two others were in critical condition.Officials have not disclosed the identities of the victims.
Kirk, co-founder of the conservative student political group Turning Point USA and a close ally of Trump, was shot dead by a sniper during a speaking event on September 10 in Orem, Utah, fueling fears of a new wave of political violence in the United States.
NBC News and Fox News, both citing sources, identified the gunman in Wednesday's shooting as Joshua Jahn, 29. Reuters was not immediately able to confirm their reports.
Jahn's older brother, Noah, spoke with a Reuters reporter earlier in the day as Joshua Jahn's name began circulating online in connection with the shooting.Noah Jahn, 30, said he was not aware that his brother harbored any negative feelings about ICE.
"I didn't know he had any political intent at all," said the older brother, who lives in McKinney, Texas, around 30 miles north of Dallas, as did his sibling.
At the time of the Reuters interview, Jahn said he was not sure whether his brother was involved but that he had begun to fear the worst after none of the family could reach him by phone on Wednesday.FBI agents were observed by Reuters entering a house in McKinney at the address listed in online records for Joshua Jahn on Wednesday afternoon.
