Shooting

During a Black Lives Matter protest in Dallas, Texas

7 Jul 2016 · 32.78° N, 96.80° W

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When
7 Jul 2016
Kind
Shooting
Coordinates
32.78° N, 96.80° W

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 2016 shooting of Dallas police officers.

Summary

During a Black Lives Matter protest in Dallas, Texas, a sniper later identified as Micah Xavier Johnson opens fire, killing five Dallas police officers and injuring another eleven people in the deadliest incident for U.S. law enforcement since September 11, 2001. Johnson is later found to have targeted white people (specifically white police officers) and to have been interested in several black nationalist groups. He is killed by a C-4 bomb delivered by a robot, the first use of lethal force by a robot by an American police department.

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