The man who opened fire at an unmarked ICE van in Dallas, Wednesday, had searched online for apps that track the movements of ICE agents, and wrote in a note that he hoped his attack would instill “real terror” in them, according to FBI Director Kash Patel.
The shooter, 29-year-old Joshua Jahn, managed to kill an illegal alien detainee and wound two others before shooting himself in the head. Police found unspent bullet casings with the words “anti-ICE” written onto them at the scene. While ICE was clearly the target, no agents were harmed in the targeted attack.
Patel posted an update on the investigation on X Thursday morning, providing new evidence that points to a highly planned left-wing domestic terror attack, including handwritten notes recovered at the scene.
– The perp downloaded a document titled “Dallas County Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management” containing a list of DHS facilities.
– He conducted multiple searches of ballistics and the “Charlie Kirk Shot Video” between 9/23-9/24.
-Between 8/19-8/24, he searched apps that tracked the presence of ICE agents.
– One of the handwritten notes recovered read, “Hopefully this will give ICE agents real terror, to think, ‘is there a sniper with AP [armor piercing] rounds on that roof?”
– Further accumulated evidence to this point indicates a high degree of pre-attack planning.
One app, SignalSafe, has reportedly been tracking ICE activity in neighborhoods throughout the United States since April.
Joe Rothrock, the FBI’s field agent for Dallas, told reporters Wednesday that the attack in Dallas was the latest example of “targeted violence” against ICE agents involved in President Trump’s illegal immigration crackdown.
Earlier this month, an ICE officer was seriously injured in a Chicago suburb when a suspect attempting to flee a traffic stop drove his car into ICE agents, striking him and dragging him “a considerable distance.”
Last month, a left-wing agitator threw rocks at and set fire to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office building in Yakima, Washington, in what authorities described as a continuation of a dangerous trend of anti-ICE violence.
On July 15, an ICE officer in Dallas, Texas, sustained serious injuries after being dragged behind an illegal alien’s vehicle for more than a block.
On July 7, a gunman armed with tactical gear and a rifle opened fire upon Border Patrol agents at the entrance of a Border Patrol annex facility in McAllen, Texas, injuring two police officers and a Border Patrol employee. The shooter, later identified as Ryan Louis Mosqueda, was shot and killed by a CPB agent.
On the 4th of July, heavily armed antifa agitators from the Dallas-Fort Worth ambushed an ICE facility in Alvarado, Texas, setting off fireworks to lure police to the scene and shooting a responding officer in the neck.
On July 2, an ICE vehicle was rammed by a man trying to evade arrest in Linda Vista, near San Diego, before three activists allegedly attacked agents.
On June 18, federal agents had to be deployed to quash a violent antifa uprising against an ICE facility in Portland, Oregon.
According to the Department of Homeland Security, ICE law enforcement has seen a 1000 percent increase in violence against them as they carry out their operations.
“Sanctuary politicians have demonized federal law enforcement as the enemy—placing a target squarely on the backs of the brave men and women of @ICEgov,” DHS said in a statement Thursday. “Hateful anti-ICE rhetoric costs lives. Stop now, before these lies damage more innocent people.”
Federal officers made their first arrests of antifa agitators since President Trump declared the group a terrorist organization, in Eugene, Oregon Tuesday night.
At least six masked agitators dressed in black bloc attire were arrested after an anti-ICE mob surrounded the Wayne L. Morse Federal Courthouse, blocking entrances to an ICE office and forcing employees to use alternative exits. Those arrested are facing charges of trespass, disorderly conduct, and property damage.