Photos: The shootings in Dallas

The sniper who fatally shot five Dallas cops and wounded seven more in the deadliest attack on a police force since 9/11 is an Army veteran who told officers he wanted to “kill white people.”

Micah X. Johnson, a 25-year-old who served six years in the Army Reserve, died early Friday when police deployed a robot to blow up an explosive device in the parking garage where the gunman was holed up.

“The suspect said he was upset at white people. The suspect stated he wanted to kill white people, especially white officers,” Dallas Police Chief David Brown said at a news conference. “The suspect said he was upset about Black Lives Matter. He said he was upset about the recent police shootings.”

Johnson allegedly opened fire Thursday night on what had up to that point been a peaceful demonstration over the police shooting deaths of black men this week in Minnesota and Louisiana.

The hail of gunfire sent the demonstrators screaming in terror, and a police manhunt culminated with the suspect cornered by police in a downtown Dallas parking garage. After hours of attempted negotiations failed, Brown said police sent in the robot bomb to protect more officers from harm. (Jason Sickles/Yahoo News)

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