Attack Appears to Be Work of Lone Gunman, Official Says
A senior law enforcement official said on Friday that Micah Johnson, the suspect killed by a robot-controlled bomb, appears to have been the only gunman in Thursday’s night’s deadly sniper attack on the Dallas police.
The official said that investigators were looking into whether Mr. Johnson, a black, 25-year-old Army veteran, had ties to groups like Black Lives Matter and the New Black Panthers, but so far had not found any.
Mr. Johnson was in the Army Reserves from 2009 to 2015, attaining the rank of private first class, according to Army records. He deployed to Afghanistan in November 2013 with the 420th Engineer Brigade, based in Seagoville, Tex. His job specialty in the military was as a mason and carpenter. Nothing in his records suggests he saw combat, or was injured.
Mr. Johnson died on Friday morning after an hourslong standoff with the police in a parking garage.
Officials had initially said there were two or more snipers involved in the attack. Three other people were in custody, but officials have not said what roles they may have played.
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