( CNN ) -- Intended or not , the central image on the Facebook page of Jacob `` Jake '' Roberts , the Oregon shopping mall gunman , is haunting . A `` Follow Your Dreams '' slogan painted on a wall is stamped `` Cancelled '' in red -- a work by famed street artist Banksy . Describing himself , Roberts made an attempt at humor . `` Hey what 's up guys my names Jake and I 'm an alcoholic ... Lol just kidding , '' Roberts wrote in the first line of his introduction , which included grammatical errors . `` If you were to ask someone that knows me they would probably say that I am a pretty funny person that takes sarcasm to the max . Read more : Oregon mall shooting victims remembered . `` I 'm the conductor of my choo choo train , '' he continued . `` I may be young but I have lived one crazy life so far . '' Authorities have released a photograph of Roberts , 22 , who wore a hockey-like face mask as he shot at holiday shoppers Tuesday at the Clackamas Town Center in Happy Valley , Oregon , near Portland . He killed two people and then himself . The photograph of Jacob Tyler Roberts depicts a thin chin beard and gauge earrings embedded in both lobes . Black , wavy hair frames a half-smile . One of his Facebook friends , Brittany Curry , 21 , told CNN she dated Roberts for five months last year . They met through mutual friends in the Portland area , she said . `` I am in shock . I do n't know what to feel , '' Curry said in a telephone interview . `` He was really a good guy . He was really happy . He put everybody before himself . '' Roberts owned one gun , Curry said , but she did n't want to elaborate . His Facebook page lists `` shooting '' as one of his 10 interests , along with camping , sleeping , rafting , BMX , sushi and spending money . Read more : Details , but no answers , in Oregon mall shooting . Roberts told Curry that his mother died at childbirth and he never met his father , she said . He left his maternal aunt 's home at age 14 , Curry said . `` He raised himself , '' Curry said . `` He was doing it all on his own . '' A friend from high school , Jordan Salazar , said she understood that Roberts ' parents were not present in his life . He was a skateboarder back then , she said . `` In high school Jake was a nice guy , outgoing , '' Salazar told CNN . `` I saw him a few times in the last year . He seemed normal '' and a `` good guy , '' she added . Roberts valued his friends , Curry said . Roberts wrote on his Facebook page : `` My friends are my family and I do n't think that will ever change . I have done a lot for myself in the past year some good and some bad but I still press on . `` I like hanging out with my friends and having a good time maybe get a little drunk every now and then . I like to think of myself as a bit of an adrenaline junkie ... Yup that 's right I 'm a junkie lol . But I 'm just looking to meet new people and see the world , '' Roberts typed . When they were dating , Roberts was living in an apartment across from the Clackamas Town Center mall , Curry said . Roberts wanted to be a firefighter and was taking classes at Clackamas Community College , Curry said . `` It was always his dream , '' Curry said . In the meantime , he had been working as a cook at Big Bertha 's gyro eatery in Portland for more than two years , Curry said . About that job , Roberts commented on Facebook : `` Right now I work at the most badass gyro shop in town . I am one of the few people that can say I love my job and actually mean it . '' Read more : Inside Clackamas Town Center Mall . CNN 's Paul Vercammen contributed to this report from Portland , Oregon .
NEW : The central image on Roberts ' Facebook page was a work by street artist Banksy . The gunman 's mother died at childbirth ; he never met father , a friend says . He told a friend he left his aunt 's home at age 14 and raised himself . Jacob 'Jake ' Roberts uses edgy , dark humor on his Facebook page .