He was practicing how to detonate explosives. Were convinced that this suspect had other plans and thought that what he was doing was righteous and believed that he was going to make Law Enforcement and target Law Enforcement, make us pay for what he sees as Law Enforcements efforts to punish people of color. And that is not the only revelation that came today. Chief david brown also told our jake tapper that the killer laughed and sang while police desperately tried to negotiate with him, at one point saying he wanted to kill more. We had negotiated with him for about two hours. A and. And he just basically lying to us, playing games, laughing at us, singing, asking how many did he get and that he wanted to kill some more and that there were bombs there. So there was no progress on the negotiation. And i began to feel that it was only at a split second he would charge us and take out many more before we would kill him. Ultimately police would make the unprecedented decision to send in
White people, especially white officers, and that he was upset about recent police shootings. Just a short time oago, mult pel senior officials said the investigation so far leads them to believe that johnson was, in fact, the lone gunman. He did it by himself. They say the investigation, however, remains fluid. Sources say part of the investigation still includes other possible suspects who may have assisted him. Johnson killed after an hourslong standoff. At this point were waiting for a News Conference from the governor of texas, greg abbott, as well as a number of other folks who will join him. The police chief and mayor will be with him at that press conference. Were expected to get more answers about what happened here. I want to bring in msnbcs tremane lee inside Dallas City Hall where that News Conference is going to be happening, as i understand it, next hour. You spent a better part of the day talking to folks in and around dallas. What are they telling you . Ill tell you wha
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