Anti-ICE Sniper's Brother Provides Answer for Why Detainees, Not Agents Were Shot - Now It All Makes Sense

Wednesday’s shooting at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Dallas, Texas, underscores the escalating danger posed by left-wing radicalism.

Authorities identified the shooter as 29-year-old Joshua Jahn, who opened fire from more than 500 feet away, striking a transport van carrying three detainees. According to KGNS, one detainee was killed and two others injured before Jahn turned the gun on himself.

The motive was not subtle. Investigators discovered unused bullet casings marked with the words “Anti-ICE” — leaving little doubt about Jahn’s political intent. Targeting ICE, the agency tasked with enforcing America’s immigration laws and deporting illegal immigrants, is hardly the action of a politically “neutral” individual.

Some journalists, such as Ken Klippenstein, attempted to downplay the political dimension after interviewing friends of Jahn who claimed he was “not a political person.” But the evidence paints a different picture.

Jahn’s brother, Noah, told NBC that the shooter’s poor aim explained why no ICE agents were hit. “He’s not a marksman, that’s for sure. He would not be able to make any shots like that,” Noah admitted. Instead, Jahn indiscriminately hit detainees inside the van.

Additional details further weaken the “apolitical” narrative. Independent journalist Laura Loomer uncovered Jahn’s Facebook profile photo showing an armed communist against a hammer-and-sickle backdrop with the caption, “glorious exposition, comrade.” Meanwhile, his mother’s reported social media activity reveals support for leftist activist pages like Call To Activism, The Resistance, and the U.S. Democratic Socialists.

Even if Jahn did not openly discuss politics with his friends, the clues are unmistakable. People who randomly target ICE facilities — the very embodiment of immigration enforcement — are not politically indifferent. Whether influenced directly by his mother’s left-wing activism or radicalized through other channels, Jahn’s anti-ICE message was crystal clear.

The facts are simple: Jahn inscribed his bullets with political hatred, chose a federal immigration enforcement target, and carried out violence consistent with left-wing extremism. His poor marksmanship doesn’t erase the reality that this was an act of politically motivated terrorism.