TEXAS — On July 7, 2016, Micah Xavier Johnson ambushed and shot twelve police officers and two civilians in Dallas, Texas, killing five of the officers. Johnson was an Army Reserve Afghan War veteran who was reportedly angry over police shootings of black men and stated that he wanted to kill white people, especially white police officers.
The shooting happened at the end of a peaceful Black Lives Matter protest against police killings of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, in the preceding days.
Following the shooting, police confronted Johnson at a parking garage, and a standoff ensued. In the early hours of July 8, police killed Johnson with a bomb attached to a remote control bomb disposal robot. Some experts believe it was the first time in U.S. history a robot was used by police to deliver lethal force.
The shooting was the deadliest incident for U.S. law enforcement since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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Photos leaked online appear to show the gunman after the fatal blast.
***WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE!**
