The sniper who opened fire on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas Wednesday morning intended to kill immigration agents, not detainees, federal authorities said Thursday.
Joshua Jahn, 29, sprayed bullets indiscriminately into the facility as he stood on a nearby rooftop, killing one detainee and leaving two others seriously injured before turning the gun on himself. After conducting a search of his home, authorities found chilling notes Jahn left behind that revealed he hoped to inflict “terror” on the agents and that also read “yes, it was just me,” Acting U.S. Attorney Nancy E. Larson said during a press conference Thursday.
Jahn also left notes that said ICE agents are merely working “to collect a dirty paycheck” and he “intended to maximize lethality against” them and “to maximize property damage at the facility,” while hoping “to minimize any collateral damage or injury to the detainees and any other innocent people,” Larson said.
“It seems that he did not intend to kill the detainees or harm them. It’s clear from these notes that he was targeting ICE agents and ICE personnel. The tragic irony… is that it was a detainee who was killed and two other detainees that