DALLAS—James Boulware told family members that he had foreseen a deadly Japanese tsunami and the Newtown, Connecticut, school shooting in his dreams. Police say he choked his mother. And he seethed at police, blaming them for the lost custody of his son.
Boulware, the man authorities have linked to a weekend shooting outside Dallas police headquarters showed signs of violence and mental instability for years beforehand, according to accounts from authorities and family members.
His brother, Andrew Boulware, told The Associated Press that he and others in the family had tried to get him help, particularly after the 2013 incident in which he allegedly choked his mother, then fled to an East Texas town where authorities and family members thought he might attack schools and churches.
