Dallas ICE shooter, 29, spent SEVENTEEN THOUSAND hours enjoying video video games earlier than opening fireplace

A gunman who opened fireplace at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and killed a migrant was a recluse with an all-consuming behavior.

Joshua Jahn, 29, spent 17,400 hours within the run as much as Wednesday’s capturing in Dallas enjoying video video games, together with violent shoot-em-up adventures. 

Jahn, who killed himself after gunning down an as-yet unidentified migrant, was notably keen on Rust, in line with information evaluation carried out by the Daily Mail.

The wilderness survival journey, first launched in 2018, occupied 6,800 hours of Jahn’s time and he final performed the sport on Saturday.

Hours earlier than the capturing he performed Team Fortress 2, on which he racked up 3,462 hours complete, and Left 4 Dead 2 for a complete of 1,213 hours.

Another most-played title was ARK: Survival Evolved, a 2017 fantasy survival sport he performed for 3,563.5 hours, in line with information from on-line gaming platform Steam. 

Jahn’s fondness for gun-based video games possible gave him some follow for Wednesday morning’s homicide.

He ‘fired indiscriminately’ from a roof overlooking the Dallas facility and rained bullets on the migrants as they had been being moved to an unmarked ICE van.

No motive for the shootings has been definitively recognized, though bullets had been inscribed with the phrases ‘ANTI-ICE.’ Friends and household described a downward spiral that alienated Jahn from society.

Joshua Jahn, 29, opened fireplace on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention camp in Dallas about 7am on Wednesday earlier than killing himself

Jahn’s profile on Steam – a web-based gaming retailer – confirmed he performed about 17,400 hours on varied video games as not too long ago because the day of the capturing

Steam did not file how far again his gaming historical past went, however a touch upon his profile indicated it was energetic since at the very least 2015.

Jahn performed below 10 completely different usernames with the account named ‘Farmers Alliance Of America’, together with #Impeachment, along with his most up-to-date being Sam I Am – a Dr Seuss reference.

He solely performed 3.6 hours previously two weeks, possible as a result of he was obsessively planning his assault.

FBI Director Kash Patel claimed on Thursday morning that searches of Jahn’s residence ‘signifies a excessive diploma of pre-attack planning’.

Jahn downloaded a doc named ‘Dallas County Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management’ containing an inventory of DHS services, Patel stated.

His search historical past within the days earlier than the capturing included ‘Charlie Kirk Shot Video’, ballistics, and apps that tracked the presence of ICE brokers.

Patel claimed a handwritten be aware discovered on the scene learn: ‘Hopefully this may give ICE brokers actual terror, to assume, “is there a sniper with AP (armor piercing) rounds on that roof?”‘

His favourite sport was Rust, a wilderness survival launched in 2018, that he performed for six,800 hours, most not too long ago on Saturday

Hours earlier than the capturing he performed Team Fortress 2, on which he racked up 3,462 hours complete. He posted this screenshot from the sport to his profile years earlier

The FBI earlier launched a photograph of unused rounds Jahn was allegedly carrying, one in all which had ‘ANTI-ICE’ scrawled on it in blue ink.

Bullets utilized by alleged Charlie Kirk murderer Tyler Robinson additionally had phrases written on them, as did these Luigi Mangione allegedly used within the homicide of UnitedHealthcare boss Brian Thompson.

Republicans claimed Jahn’s capturing was an assault on ICE brokers by a left-wing radical, however his pals stated he wasn’t political.

Instead he was an ‘edgelord’ who more and more drove away pals with overly aggressive, intentionally offensive makes an attempt at humor.

He more and more spent his free time gaming and posting on infamous nameless discussion board 4chan, the place his outbursts match proper in.

‘I largely stopped speaking to him when he took his 4chan/irony stuff into every day interactions,’ one good friend informed author Ken Klippenstein. 

‘He was changing into insufferable… as soon as he dropped out of school he had no obligation to be social and none of us reached out on account of his edgelord conduct.’

One instance was when he spammed his pals’ Facebook pages with rape jokes in feedback on their posts.

Jahn search historical past within the days earlier than the capturing allegedly included ‘Charlie Kirk Shot Video’, ballistics, and apps that tracked the presence of ICE brokers

FBI Director Kash Patel launched pictures of bullets discovered on the scene of the capturing on Wednesday, exhibiting ‘anti-ICE’ scrawled on the shells in blue ink

The victims had been ICE detainees, and no legislation enforcement had been injured within the capturing

All his pals, who knew his way back to age eight, stated Jahn wasn’t political and although he expressed disgust with Donald Trump, he hated either side equally.

‘He was by no means actually into politics, particularly not politicians. He was into politics solely within the 4chan sense — contrarian, provocative, boundary-pushing for laughs, not conviction,’ one stated.

‘Josh was an edgelord who wished somebody to get blamed. I feel he tried his greatest to write down one thing goofy… to rile individuals up.’

His brother Noah informed NBC News that he didn’t imagine Jahn was particularly all in favour of politics and had not voiced his opinions on immigration earlier than. 

‘He did not have sturdy emotions about ICE so far as I knew,’ his brother stated. 

Noah stated his brother was unemployed however had beforehand labored as a coder, and was planning on transferring in with their dad and mom in Oklahoma. 

Jahn was arrested in 2015 for promoting marijuana, however the felony prices had been later dropped. He has no historical past of violence.

He was a registered impartial within the 2024 election, however final voted within the Democratic primaries in March 2020, information confirmed. 

Law enforcement stated that the sniper perched on a roof adjoining to the power and rained bullets on the migrants as they had been being transported in an unmarked ICE van

Investigators stated Jahn fired ‘indiscriminately’ on the ICE workplace, peppering the transport van with bullets and likewise hitting home windows within the constructing quite a few instances

As investigators descended on the scene in Dallas, pictures confirmed a poster taped to the aspect of a car believed to belong to Jahn 

The poster learn: ‘Radioactive fallout from nuclear detonations have handed over these areas greater than 2x since 1951’

Jahn’s brother spoke earlier than he knew that his brother had been recognized because the sniper, and described him as ‘distinctive’ with out elaborating. 

‘I did not assume he was politically ,’ he continued, saying he had final seen him two weeks earlier than the capturing on Wednesday and nothing appeared uncommon. 

‘He wasn’t all in favour of politics on both aspect so far as I knew.’ 

The siblings grew up in Allen, Texas, and spent their childhoods attending the Boy Scouts, the brother stated. 

He added that his brother knew the right way to use a rifle that his dad and mom owned, however insisted that ‘he isn’t a marksman, that is for certain.’ 

Asked in regards to the ICE facility capturing, he remarked: ‘He wouldn’t be capable to make any pictures like that.’ 

As investigators descended on the scene in Dallas, pictures confirmed a poster taped to the aspect of a car believed to belong to Jahn. 

An indication with what seems to be black splatter on the automobile reads: ‘Radioactive fallout from nuclear detonations have handed over these areas greater than 2x since 1951.’ 

Investigators stated Jahn fired ‘indiscriminately’ on the ICE workplace, peppering the transport van with bullets and likewise hitting home windows within the constructing quite a few instances.