Fourteen people total were shot. Two were civilians. DPD has identified the suspect as Micah X. Johnson of Mesquite. The rally was part of a protest of officer-involved shootings taking place across the nation Thursday night.
The shots were fired as the march was moving down Lamar Street near Griffin before 9 p.m.
"We've got a criminal investigation going on and our number one job is to make sure the citizens of Dallas are safe," Mayor Rawlings said Friday morning.
Dominique Alexander with Next Generation Action Network, who helped organize the rally, said Friday that the group is devastated and the event was meant to be peaceful.
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SUSPECT WANTED TO KILL WHITE OFFICERS
Dallas Police Chief David Brown said Johnson was killed after a long standoff with police. Negotiations were underway when Brown says Johnson told police he was angry over #BlackLivesMatter and was mad at white people.
He wanted to kill white people, especially white officers, Brown said.He also mentioned "the end was coming" and that he was "going to hurt and kill more" officers. He said bombs were planted all over the garage and downtown.
After negotiations went sour and gunfire was exchanged, Chief Brown says officers had to use a bomb robot to detonate the area around the suspect and kill him.
The Dallas Police Association announced the fifth officer had died at about 1:45 a.m. One DART officer and four Dallas police officers were killed.
The officers have been taken to Parkland Hospital and Baylor Medical Center.
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