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Joshua Jahn's mother's posts on gun laws surface amid Dallas ICE shooting probe; 'anti Ted Cruz, Abbot'
After Joshua Jahn was ID’d as the ICE shooting suspect, reports note his mother’s past Facebook posts criticizing Texas GOP leaders and gun laws.
Since the identification of Joshua Jahn as the suspect in the shooting at the ICE facility in Dallas on Wednesday, details on his family have come out. His brother, Noah Jahn, has told NBC News that Joshua was not politically inclined against the ICE. Now, his mother's Facebook profile is being dug up.
Sharon Jahn's Facebook profile shows that in 2022, she made a post against on the stand taken on gun laws by Texas GOP politicians, including Governor Gregg Abbott and Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn.
“Governor Abbott, Senator Cornyn and Senator Cruz how does it make you feel that your action to open up gun laws is responsible for the killing of 21 more people?” the post read.
“Do you secretly sit in front of a tv and smile a demented smile? You must be proud of all the money that sits in your bank accounts from the gun lobby support. Was it worth it, Governor Abbott? How about you senators?” she added.
Joshua Jahn Family: His parents and siblings
Joshua Jahn's mother, Sharon, and his father raised him and his siblings in Texas. His brother, Noah, revealed to NBC News that Jahn had mentioned his interest in moving out of his parents' house in Texas to Oklahoma. While his mother was named as Sharon by the New York Post, details about his father are not known.
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Additionally, Noah revealed that his parents owned a rifle, but Joshua was not good at using it. He said that though he knew how to shoot, he was not good at it. “He’s not a marksman. He would not be able to make any shots like that,” he said.
The Department of Homeland Security said that they are investigating whether shots were fired from a nearby rooftop, in what could be a potential sniper attack. Meanwhile, the FBI is investigating it as an “act of targeted violence.”
