The ambush started
with gunshots that killed five officers and sent screaming crowds scrambling
for cover. It ended when a Dallas police bomb squad robot killed a gunman after
negotiations failed.
Investigators identified the dead attacker as
Micah Xavier Johnson, 25, of Mesquite, Texas, a military veteran who'd served
in Afghanistan.
Police searched his home Friday and found
bomb-making materials, ballistic vests, rifles, ammunition and a personal
journal of combat tactics. They are analyzing information in the journal,
police said in a statement.
Investigators determined Johnson was "the
lone shooter in this incident," Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said,
confirming what federal officials had told CNN.
"This was a mobile shooter who had
written manifestos on how to shoot and move, shoot and move, and that's what he
did," Rawlings said at a news conference.
"As we've started to unravel this fishing
knot, we've come to realize this shooting came from one building at different
levels."
Rawlings said investigators' initial confusion
about the number of shooters was partly because about 20 protesters wearing
protective vests and carrying rifles scattered when the shooting started.
Authorities said three suspects were in
custody earlier Friday, but later told CNN they had been questioned and
released.
'Well-planned' attack
Dallas police Chief David Brown provided more
details during a prayer rally Friday.
"Through our investigation of some of the
suspects, it's revealed to us that this was a well-planned, well-thought-out,
evil tragedy," he said.
Nobody has been charged, Gov. Greg Abbott
said, but police want to make sure every lead is investigated.
The deadly gunfire erupted in Dallas after
videos showing two African-American men shot by police in Louisiana and Minnesota spurred protests and debate over police use of
force across the country.
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