Dallas Police Attack Gunman's Mother Apologizes

Jeannine Hammond, James Boulware's mother talked to NBC 5 about her son, the man accused of the attack on Dallas Police Department's headquarters early Saturday morning.

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This is her complete statement to NBC 5:

According to James' son, "We lost him to mental health long before we lost him to death."

The family is still in shock and are glad nobody else was hurt. I can tell you now that James wasn't all bad. He gave $6,000 to the victims of the Japanese tsunami and gave a car he had to a struggling young couple so they could get back on their feet. He would help others when he could, before his mental state deteriorated to the point it was today. We tried to get him mental help numerous times, but the system failed him, because he was declared "sane." He was very delusional. It was very obvious.

We hope something good can come from this, and that people will reach out to hurting souls around them and unite to build up others, rather than tearing them down. We hope that people with mental illness will receive the care they need to avoid situations like this in the future.

We apologize to the police for his behavior. We loved him and will remember him as the man he was before all of this took place. We are so grateful that no other families are having to bury anyone because of his actions.

-Jeannine Hammond
 James Boulware's Mother

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