FBI: Dallas ICE Shooter Planned Attack To Spread “Real Terror” Among Agents

Federal authorities revealed Thursday that anti-ICE gunman Joshua Jahn meticulously planned his deadly rooftop ambush on an immigration detention van in Dallas, leaving behind chilling notes about wanting to instill fear in federal agents.

According to FBI Director Kash Patel, investigators recovered a handwritten message from Jahn that read: “Hopefully this will give ICE agents real terror, to think, ‘is there a sniper with AP rounds on that roof?’” The note was found alongside other evidence indicating extensive pre-attack planning.

Jahn, who killed one ICE detainee and critically injured two more, perched himself on top of an immigration law office next to the ICE field office on Wednesday morning before opening fire. The shooter then turned the weapon on himself as law enforcement closed in.

The FBI said Jahn’s digital footprint showed multiple searches of “Charlie Kirk Shot Video” in the days leading up to the attack, specifically between September 23 and 24. He also downloaded documents tied to Homeland Security operations in Dallas County and looked up tools to monitor ICE agents in real-time.

Patel called the evidence a “trove” that demonstrated Jahn’s calculated efforts to target federal personnel and those in their custody.

“Jahn wanted ICE agents looking up at rooftops, wondering if they were in the crosshairs,” Patel said. “This was terrorism by design.”

The FBI confirmed that the building Jahn used for the attack was an immigration law office. It offered an elevated view of the ICE facility’s entrance, where the targeted van was dropping off detainees.

Authorities are still analyzing whether Jahn acted entirely alone or had contact with radical networks. Officials say his motive appeared to be rooted in anti-ICE extremism and fueled by political rhetoric demonizing immigration enforcement.

Wednesday’s attack is the third targeting ICE or CBP facilities in Texas in recent months.