WSJ
Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, in background, looked on as Police
Chief David Brown spoke at a news conference Friday after the fatal
shootings of five police officers.
. . . "Dallas Police Chief David Brown said Friday that officers decided to use a bomb-disposal robot that was jury-rigged with explosives after negotiating with the suspect for several hours and then exchanging gunfire with him. Police identified the gunman as Micah Xavier Johnson, a 25-year-old Army veteran who served a tour in Afghanistan.
“ 'We saw no other option but to use our bomb robot, and place a device on its extension for it to detonate where the suspect was,” Chief Brown said at a news conference. “Other options would have exposed our officers to grave danger. The suspect is deceased as a result of detonating the bomb.”
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