Dallas shooter Joshua Jahn had a group of gaming friends who made morbid jokes about his violent act against an ICE facility, including comments like he “shoulda hit the range a lil more.”
This eight-member gaming collective, created in 2012 on the Steam platform, is known as “Fug bithces Get Money” and features the tagline “we can uze da pew pew or not we are coollllll :-D.”
One individual from the group chat remarked, “[He] shoulda hit the range a lil more,” while another chimed in, “He missed.”
<pA third user reacted to the chat with an emoji depicting a headless red character.
Jahn was recognized with the “mind blown” award on his Steam account prior to the attack. The FBI reported he concluded his own life with a self-inflicted gunshot after firing at an ICE bus near the Dallas office on Wednesday.
The 29-year-old shooter dedicated extensive hours to first-person shooter games, totaling over 17,405 hours, which equates to nearly two full years of gameplay.
In the hours leading up to Wednesday’s tragedy, Jahn logged onto Steam to engage in first-person shooters “Team Fortress 2” and “Left 4 Dead 2,” as seen from his profile dating back to September 2011.
This commitment to gaming over the years accounts for roughly 15% of his life during that timeframe.
His gaming hours included more than 6,000 in the multiplayer survival game “Rust,” 3,500 for “Team Fortress 2,” and another 1,200 for “Left 4 Dead 2.”
Positioned on a rooftop across from the facility, he unleashed a barrage of shots at the vehicle transporting ICE personnel and detainees.
According to the FBI, three individuals inside the bus were hit by his gunfire, which came from an 8mm bolt-action rifle he had purchased in August.
Operating under various online aliases, including “#Impeachment,” “Hankiebob,” and “Frank Hoenikker,” the latter being a nod to a character from Kurt Vonnegut’s satirical novel “Cat’s Cradle.”
This 1963 narrative chronicles the main character’s experiences on the fateful day of the Hiroshima bombing.
A peculiar map indicating radioactive fallout in the United States was discovered affixed to Jahn’s vehicle near the shooting scene.
The text overlaying the worn map on Jahn’s blue Toyota Corolla read, “Radioactive fallout from nuclear detonations has passed over these areas more than 2x since 1951.”
Summary of the Dallas ICE Facility Shooting
- A shooter identified as Joshua Jahn, 29, fired shots at an ICE van at a detention center in Dallas, Texas, during the early hours of September 24.
- The shooting began when detainees were undergoing transfer and the facility’s portcullis was open.
- Reports indicate that one person was killed and two others were injured. Jahn was discovered dead on a nearby rooftop from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
- Ammunition with anti-ICE messages were located at the scene, including one reading “ANTI-ICE,” as per FBI sources.
- The incident is under investigation “as an act of targeted violence,” explained FBI special agent Joe Rothrock during a press conference.
Jahn harbored intense animosity toward the immigration enforcement agency, labeling the actions of its officers as “human trafficking.”
He described the job at the facility as “people coming to earn a filthy paycheck,” revealing this sentiment in a note discovered at his residence.
“Yes, it was merely me and my brain,” he noted concerning the assault. “Good luck with the digital footprint,” he taunted, indicating he had eliminated data from his devices, according to Larson’s account.
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Notes left by Jahn “acknowledged the likelihood of collateral damage, and he was aware that detainees were expected to be transported at that location that morning,” FBI special agent Joe Rothrock informed reporters.
The attack on Wednesday has been characterized as “the very definition of terrorism,” according to Acting US Attorney Nancy Larson.
