Dallas Shooting: Police Confirm Death of Suspect Micah Johnson, Take 3 Others into Custody as Standoff Comes to an End – VIDEO

The hours-long standoff in Dallas has finally come to an end after the police neutralized an armed suspect they had been negotiating with earlier today.


The suspect who had not been co-operative ‘holed himself up’ in a second floor garage and exchanged fire with the police for hours. He is said to have threatened that “the end is coming, and bombs have been placed all over the garage in downtown Dallas.”

According to the Telegraph, Mayor Rawlings and the Police Chief David Brown said a fourth suspect died after officers used explosives to neutralise him.

Chief Brown also confirmed that the suspect was upset over the recent police shootings of black men and wanted to kill white people. Brown released this statement at a news conference today, adding that the suspect made the comments before he was killed by an explosive used by the police.
Three other suspects have also been arrested and taken into police custody.

The snipers opened fire on police officers during a peaceful protest in downtown Dallas on Thursday night over the recent fatal shootings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota. The shooting left five police officers dead and left six others severely injured.

The police are currently sweeping the area where the standoff took place and have found no explosives so far.

UPDATE:
The shooter has been identified as Micah Xavier Johnson. CNN reports that Johnson was an army veteran. He was trained in the Army Reserve as a carpentry and masonry specialist. Dallas Police Chief in his press briefing said the suspect Johnson spoke with their hostage negotiator.

Johnson is reported as saying he “was not affiliated with any groups and that he carried out the shootings alone.”



                                          

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