Army reservist Micah Xavier Johnson, 25, who shot dead five cops at Dallas Black Lives Matter protest had bomb-making materials, ballistic vests, rifles, ammunition and a combat journal in his home

The man who shot 12 police officers (one of the officers is pictured top right), killing five, at a Black Lives Matter protest in downtown Dallas on Thursday night has been named as Micah Xavier Johnson (center and top left), a 25-year-old Army reservist with no criminal history or ties to terror groups. 


Johnson, from Mesquite, Texas, a 20-minute drive from Dallas, reportedly told law enforcement that he was a veteran, and claimed to have acted alone. Cops cornered Johnson at El Centro College at around 11pm on Thursday and attempted to negotiate, but four hours later the talks failed and a robot was brought in to detonate a bomb and kill the suspect. This was after shots had rung out at a previously peaceful protest in downtown Dallas, with demonstrators screaming and running for their lives as cops dropped dead one by one. Johnson wore body armor and carried an SKS semi-automatic assault rifle and a handgun, and several rounds of ammunition, according to law enforcement sources. During a search of his home, detectives (leaving the home, bottom left) found bomb making materials, ballistic vests, rifles, ammunition and a personal journal of combat tactics. Despite professing his hatred of white people, it appears Johnson's stepmother, Donna Ferrier Johnson, a teacher from Dallas schools, was white (pictured bottom right with his father James). The casualties include Dallas police officers Patrick Zamarripa, Michael Krol, Lorne Ahrens and Michael J. Smith, as well as DART Officer Brent Thompson.