Dallas shooting: Gunman who 'wanted to kill white people' named as army reservist Micah Johnson

Jamie Bullen8 July 2016

A gunman killed after a stand-off with Dallas police in which he said he “wanted to kill white people” has been named as US Army reservist Micah Johnson.

Johnson was named by US media tonight following the horrific killings in Dallas in which five police officers were shot dead and another seven were injured.

The army veteran is said to be "upset" about the deaths of two black men who were shot by police earlier in the week and made a series of chilling statements during negotiations with police.

Dallas police chief David Brown said the gunman said “the end is coming” during the stand-off, which ended when the suspect was killed by an explosive.

micah-johnson-1.jpg, by Jamie Bullen

Mr Brown also said the gunman was "upset with recent police shootings" and "wanted to kill all white people" before he was shot.

He declined to say how many people took place in the attack after three suspects were arrested. "We're going to keep these suspects guessing," he told reporters at City Hall.

Investigators leave the home of Micah Johnson in the Dallas suburb of Mesquite, Texas
AP Photo/LM Otero

He said: “He said he was upset about Black Lives Matter [protest movement]; he said he was upset about the recent police shootings,"

The attack is the deadliest for US police since the 9/11 terror attacks.

The man had reportedly made threats about bombs being planted around the city.

Mr Brown added that the man said police "will eventually find the IEDs" and also said he had carried out the attacks alone.

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The White House has ruled out any connection with a terrorist organisation.

On Friday, investigators searched the suspect's home in Mesquite, an eastern suburb of Dallas, and were seen carrying bags of materials away from them.

It was reported bomb-making materials, guns and a bullet-proof vest were among the items found in the search.

The shootings started at 8.45pm as hundreds of protesters marched through Dallas demanding justice for two black men shot dead by police earlier this week in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and St. Paul, Minnesota.

Shocking footage showed protesters chanting 'hands up, don't shoot' before suddenly scattering as a volley of shots were fired near Belo Garden Park in the city centre.

Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said one member of the public was wounded in the gunfire

The ambush happened just hours after President Obama, reacting with horror to a video of a dying man in Minnesota who was shot by the police, begged the US to confront the racial disparities in law enforcement while acknowledging the dangers that officers face.

The killings happened close to the Texas Book Repository, believed to have been the location used by Lee Harvey Oswald to assassinate President Kennedy as he drove in a motorcade through nearby Dealey Plaza on November 22, 1963.

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