By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
The FBI was warned in July 2016 about the man who opened fire outside of a federal courthouse in Dallas before being shot to death by law enforcement.
Brian Clyde’s half-brother told the FBI that his sibling should not be permitted to buy a gun because of his obsession with firearms and suicidal thoughts, their mother said, according to the Dallas Morning News.
Clyde’s family also said he was placed in a mental institution but was still able to buy a rifle.
Clyde was fatally shot after opening fire with an AR-15-style rifle at the Earle Cabell Federal Building.
The FBI confirmed the half-brother’s call but insisted there was little they could do.
“The information provided did not contain any specific threat, and no investigation was conducted,” the FBI wrote in a statement.
At the time, the FBI said, the bureau had no legal cause to investigate.
Clyde had no history of violence. His family believed his goal was to get killed.
