On 17 June 2019, at approximately 8:40 AM, Brian Isaack Clyde opened fire on the Earle Cabell Federal Building in downtown Dallas, Texas. His only accomplishment: death by cop.

The attack

Approximate route Clyde took, X marks where his car was parked and circle is roughly where he fell.

Clyde was armed with an AR-15 style rifle (brand not named) and at least 150 rounds of ammunition, stored in 30 and possibly 40 round magazines. He parked his car on South Griffin Street, and approached the Jackson Street side of the building.

He shot out the glass doors, alerting three federal security guards who promptly returned fire. This forced him to withdraw, and according to photographer Tom Fox (put a pin in that name, we'll come back to it later), drop one of his loaded magazines. After a brief exchange of fire at the door (one witness described hearing about 45 shots), he fled into the parking lot. While running, he was fatally wounded and collapsed to the ground.

Police immediately swarmed to him, treated him, and loaded him into an ambulance. He was taken to Baylor University hospital, where he was pronounced dead. In total, he had succeeded only in killing himself.

After Clyde was removed from the scene, a suspicious device was found in his car. This was detonated by the Dallas bomb squad.

The man

Brian Clyde was born on September 30, 1996, and was 22 at the time of his death. He graduated from Vandegrift High School in 2015. Afterwards, he served in the army between 2015 and 2017, reaching the rank of Private First Class before being honorably discharged. His unit was most likely the 187th Infantry Regiment (didn't stop him from wearing a 101st Airborne patch because he was a LARPing dumbass). After his discharge, he enrolled in Del Mar College, in Corpus Christi, and would graduate in May of 2019 with an associate's degree.

This is the part you were all waiting for.

Brian Clyde was an incel who posted shitty memes and talked about 'overthrowing the government' because he hated taxes. I cannot put every stupid picture this man posted in this thread, but check the listed sources. It's well worth the time.

Tom Fox

I can't not devote a section to this man. Tom Fox is a Pulitzer-winning photographer who took the photo at the top of this thread. At the time of the shooting, he was about twenty feet from the gunman (you can see him hiding behind a pillar in one of the videos). He photographed Clyde at pointblank during the shooting, and then went back to his regular job afterwards. This man's a fucking legend, and he showed far more competence and professionalism than Clyde ever did.

Conclusion

Clyde had just graduated from university, and he'd served two years in the army. He had everything going for him and he fucked it all up with shitty memes. Don't be like Clyde. Don't fuck your life up in the name of shitty memes. There's plenty of detail I couldn't fit into this, so I'm again going to point users to the sources section.

Sources

Army Times: Dallas shooter wearing 'Screaming Eagles' patch was briefly in the Army

Denton Record-Chronicle: What we know about Brian Clyde, the gunman who opened fire at the federal courthouse in downtown Dallas

Dallas Observer: Dallas Courthouse Shooting Suspect's Facebook Paints Picture of Weeks Prior to Shooting

Daily Mail: 'I don't know how much longer I have, I'm f***ing ready': Army veteran, 22, posted photos of ammunition and warned of an approaching 'storm' on Facebook before he was shot dead by police when he 'opened fire outside Dallas federal courthouse'

AP News: Masked gunman killed in shootout at Dallas courthouse

NBC News: FBI got tip about Dallas courthouse shooter in 2016

WTWO/WAWV: Man shot in gunfire exchange outside Dallas courthouse dies

CBS News: Suspect Brian Clyde Dead After Shooting At Dallas Federal Building

My San Antonio: Things to know about Dallas shooter Brian Isaack Clyde

Caller Times: Dallas shooting: Man killed in shootout at federal courthouse was recent Del Mar College grad

https://heavy.com/news/2019/06/tom-fox/