"Is that a cop dead?" one eyewitness can be heard asking. "That's a cop down," another eyewitness responds, "Yeah, there are four cops down. He shot five...seven times...it's a sniper. Get down."
Thursday's shooting, during a protest over the deaths of two black men by police, sent protesters running in panic while swarms of police found themselves under attack by what they believed to be multiple gunmen using high-powered rifles at ground level and on rooftops.
"Police on July 8, 2016 confirmed the gunman Micah Xavier Johnson who killed five officers in an ambush in Dallas was a 25-year-old named Micah Johnson, an Army veteran and reported "loner" from Texas with no criminal history."
Inside a parking garage near the attack, eyewitnesses were in a state of panic. "In the name of Jesus. Oh my God. Oh my God," said one man as others scrambled to get away from gunfire.
This undated handout photo shows Micah Xavier Johnson. Police on July 8, 2016 confirmed the gunman who killed five officers in an ambush in Dallas was a 25-year-old named Micah Johnson, an Army veteran and reported "loner" from Texas with no criminal history. / AFP PHOTO
A gunman who served in the U.S. Army Reserve and said he was "upset at white people" was part of an attack in which five Dallas police officers were killed and another seven were wounded, authorities said on Friday (July 8).
Police on July 8, 2016 confirmed the gunman Micah Xavier Johnson who killed five officers in an ambush in Dallas was a 25-year-old named Micah Johnson, an Army veteran and reported "loner" from Texas with no criminal history.
Another Part of Video shows dramatic exchange of gunfire between a suspect and a law enforcement officer on a sidewalk outside a building in downtown Dallas on Thursday night.
The attack ended hours later when police used a robot carrying a bomb to kill the shooter, the Dallas police chief said.
Five officers were killed and seven were wounded during a protest over fatal police shootings of black men in other states, authorities said. It appeared to be the deadliest day for US law enforcement since the 2001 attacks.
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