A brother of the man suspected of opening fire on the ICE facility his brother was not especially interested in politics and had not voiced opinions to his family opposing ICE.
The suspect, Joshua Jahn, 29, is believed to have shot himself after having opened fire, killing two ICE detainees and wounding one other. Law enforcement officials said “anti-ICE messages” were scrawled on bullets recovered near the shooter’s body.
“He didn’t have strong feelings about ICE as far as I knew,” said Noah Jahn, his older brother.
NBC News spoke to Noah Jahn before he had gotten word that his brother was identified as the shooter. He described his brother as “unique,” without elaborating. But he said Joshua was not one he ever would have thought would be involved in a politically motivated shooting.
“I didn’t think he was politically interested,” Jahn said. “He wasn’t interested in politics on either side as far as I knew.”
The brothers grew up in Allen, Texas, where they participated in the Boy Scouts. Jahn said his brother had done coding work but was unemployed and was planning to move onto their parents’ property in Oklahoma.
He Jahn said that his parents owned a rifle and that his brother knew how to use it.
But “he’s not a marksman, that’s for sure,” Noah said. “He would not be able to make any shots like that.”
Noah said that he last saw his brother two weeks ago at his parents’ house and that nothing seemed out of the ordinary.