The family of the suspect in the shooting at the Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility says he was not a radical leftist.
Joshua Jahn, 29, was identified as the shooter after he opened fire Wednesday from a rooftop at an ICE field office, killing one detainee and injuring two others.
But his family denied reports that the shooting, which ended with Jahn dying from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, was motivated by leftist ideology.
“It has nothing to do with that,” Jahn’s relative told the New York Post when asked whether Jahn was anti-ICE, but they did not elaborate.
“He didn’t have strong feelings about ICE as far as I knew,” the suspect’s brother, Noah Jahn, told NBC.
FBI Director Kash Patel claimed on X that the 29-year-old left a handwritten note that read, “Hopeful