The acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Texas called Wednesday’s shooting at a Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility the “very definition of terrorism” on Thursday.
In notes that investigators found at the shooter’s home, the gunman “hoped his actions would terrorize ICE employees and interfere with their work,” acting U.S. attorney Nancy Larson said at a press conference.
The shooter, whom officials identified as 29-year-old Joshua Jahns, opened fire at the facility and a van transporting detainees from a nearby rooftop. Jahns, from Collin County, Texas, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound before local law enforcement officers could apprehend him.
One detainee was killed, while two are in critical condition. Officials said Thursday that ICE and Bure