Dallas police said in a press conference this morning that the suspect identified himself as James Boulware and that he had a history of domestic violence. I found this story of a very violent incident by a man of the same name in Dallas:
A Paris man was arrested after family members reported to authorities that they were concerned he could go on a shooting spree.
Officers say they did find several guns in his house, but none in his car. On Tuesday, officers throughout North Texas were told to be on the lookout after the man allegedly threatened his family members and mentioned he might hurt others.
Officers confiscated several guns from a Paris home, after arresting the owner. “There are four or five long guns and three or four pistols, tubs full of ammunition, and the body armor,” says Paris Police Chief Bob Hundley.
James Boulware, 33, allegedly grabbed and choked his mother in Dallas on Tuesday morning, and he has made other threats, police and family members said.
“That he was going to just kill all the adult members of the family and then that’s when he made the comment he may shoot up some churches and schools,” says Hundley.
“He had been talking about the schools and churches being soft targets, being easy targets because no one in them was armed,” a man who identified himself as Boulware’s brother “Andrew” said.
“Andrew” said Boulware showed up at his Red River County property on Tuesday, looking for some guns “Andrew” took from Boulware’s house. “I was able to figure out his one combination, I didn’t realize that his gun safe had two combinations on it,” says “Andrew.”
“He used to be a mechanic and then he got a mobile van and was running around trying to get business doing that,” says neighbor Andra Hogue.
The suspect stopped talking to police, they believe he has been shot. More from the second press conference:
DPD source says they have had no communication with suspect for quite some time. They suspect he may have been shot in initial shootout
— Rebecca Lopez (@rlopezwfaa) June 13, 2015
Whether or not susp is inj or deceased, concern continues to be threat of explosives. 2 devices were found @DallasPD HQ #DallasPDShooting
— Maj. Max Geron (@MaxDPD) June 13, 2015
Evacuees have been allowed back into their homes across from @DallasPD HQ following a search for additional explosives #DallasPDShooting
— Maj. Max Geron (@MaxDPD) June 13, 2015
Earlier this morning Dallas SWAT sniper shot the suspect through the front windshield.
— Maj. Max Geron (@MaxDPD) June 13, 2015
And for you conspiracy minded, there’s this:
We recently held a tabletop exercise on a similar styles attack on downtown area #DallasPDShooting
— Maj. Max Geron (@MaxDPD) June 13, 2015
Read more about the shooting here.