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The words “anti-ICE” were scrawled on a stripper clip of ammo found near the body of Jahn, 29, who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the scene, authorities said.

One migrant who was being transported to the facility was killed, and two others were wounded and in critical condition, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

“I can confirm at this time that the FBI is investigating this incident as an act of targeted violence,” Joe Rothrock, special agent in charge of the FBI in Dallas, said at a press conference.

“It is unfortunately just the latest example we’ve seen of targeted violence, to include here in north Texas where back on July 4 we saw a co-ordinated attack against an immigration centre in Alvarado.”

Wednesday’s attack was the third shooting attack against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents since July, coming as rhetoric from Democratic politicians against the agencies has ratcheted up.

Just hours before Jahn unleashed a spray of bullets on the Dallas facility, California Governor Gavin Newsom spewed anti-ICE rhetoric during an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

The Democratic leader decried federal agents as the “private domestic army” of an “authoritarian government” and said the “ICE issue is alarming beyond words”.

“People ask, ‘Well, is authoritarianism you being hyperbolic?’ Bulls**t we’re being hyperbolic. If you’re a black or brown community, it’s here in this country … These are not just authoritarian tendencies — these are authoritarian actions by an authoritarian government,” he said during the lengthy rant on Tuesday night.

Republican politicians, meanwhile, are begging for the hateful rhetoric to be toned down.

“Violence is wrong,” Senator Ted Cruz said at a Wednesday press conference in Dallas.

“Politically motivated violence is wrong.

“To every politician who is using rhetoric demonising ICE and demonising CBP, stop,” the GOP lawmaker said.

“To every politician demanding that ICE agents be doxxed, and calling for people to go after their families, stop.”

Authorities are still examining the suspect’s exact political motives, although FBI Director Kash Patel said early Wednesday that “an initial review of the evidence shows an ideological motive”.

“These despicable, politically motivated attacks against law enforcement are not a one-off,” he noted, adding that just two months ago in nearby Prairieland, Texas, “an individual ambushed a separate ICE facility targeting their officers”.

Jahn’s brother said that he didn’t believe he had highly partisan political views, despite the anti-ICE message found on bullets recovered near his body.

“He didn’t have strong feelings about ICE as far as I knew,” Jahn’s older brother Noah told NBC News.

“I didn’t think he was politically interested. He wasn’t interested in politics on either side as far as I knew.”

He also described his brother as “unique”, but did not elaborate.

Noah Jahn said that his parents owned a rifle and that his brother knew how to use it, but said he was not a skilled shooter.

“He’s not a marksman, that’s for sure. He would not be able to make any shots like that,” he said.

Noah said he last saw his brother two weeks ago at their parents’ house, adding that nothing seemed out of the ordinary.

It is believed Jahn was last employed in the renewable energy industry.

An employee at Imagine Solar, a training centre for people looking to become professionals in the industry, confirmed that Jahn had completed a brief course at the Austin-based institution a few years ago.

A former employer, Solartime USA, based in Richardson, Texas, confirmed Jahn had worked at the company for a short time around a decade ago.

This article originally appeared on NY Post and was reproduced with permission