We begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. We are heart broken. There are no words to describe the atrocity that occurred to our city. Its a sniper . Dallas mourns after the ambush. We got a guy with a long rifle and dont know where the hell he is at. Police identify the gunman as Micah Xavier Johnson. A lonist and army rvreseist. They think the Police Shooting this past week were the triggers, if you will, that prompted him to act. Demonstrators taking to the streets again in several cities. Trouble in phoenix. Pepper sprayed children. You have to go as far as doing that, youre the problem. The two murders must be addressed by the Law Enforcement in congress. If we fail to act, this will be a long, hot summer. We must stand in must remember is the force between civilization and total chaos. We have got to start treating each other with respect and dignity. All that. Pderesibant oma will cut short his european trip to return home sunday and he wil
Don champion is live in dallas, don . Reporter good afternoon. The usually bustling streets of Downtown Dallas have been replaced with crime scene tape and grief this midday. Behind me is one of the many scenes investigators are combing over in this shooting that the police chief here called an atrocity. [ sirens ] at least one gunman ambushed Police Officers just after a peaceful protest was ending in Downtown Dallas. [ sound of gunfire ] the attack sent the crowd running for their lives. I was screaming run, run, run, active shooter, active shooter. Reporter 12 officers were hit and fellow rushed officers to their side. Five of the officers died. Were hurting. Our profession is hurting. Reporter two civilians were also injured. Identified as Micah Johnson and negotiated with him for hours. Johnson told police he was acting alone. He was upset about black lives matter. The suspect stated he wanted to kill white people especially white officers. Reporter the negotiations broke down wit
President obama is cutting short his trip to europe to visit dallas week. The city is mourning the deadliest day for law enforc enforcement since 9 11. A sniper killed five officers during a protest on thursday. Seven officers were wounded along with several civilians. All are expected to survive. The gunman, an army veteran, targeted the officers in revenge for the Deadly Police shootings of two black men this week. Alton sterling was killed in baton rouge, louisiana, tuesday. And Philando Castile was shot in suburban st. Paul minnesota on wednesday. We begin in dallas with manual bojorquez. Reporter f. B. I. Teams spent saturday mapping a crime scene that extends over 20 square blocks a painstaking process thats got parts of Downtown Dallas frozen nearly 48 hours after the attack. The ambush happened thursday night when this gunman opened fire on officers after a march protesting recent Police Shootings of black men. The gunman, 25yearold Micah Xavier Johnson targeted white officers
All human. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Reporting tonight from dallas. The gunmen and engaged them in a firefight. Seconds later, the officer was hit, and the gunman fled. The shooting started at about 8 45 p. M. Central time just as the peaceful protest was ending. Chants turned to screams as the crowd ran for cover. Eyewitnesses reported shots coming from above. We started telling people to go back that way. We have a guy with a long rifle we dont know where the hell hes at. Weve got one more shooter out here. Theres one on the wall with the rifle hanging out. [ gunfire ] pelley throughout the shooting, the gunman continued to target police. In the chaos, officers ran to the aid of fallen colleagues. The suspect then fled to a say he shot through windows and doors to gain access and eventually holed up on the second floor of this campus building. It was there that police attempted to negotiate with 25yearold Micah Xavier Johnson an army
Washington and new york and as the evening goes west with the time zones, in cities across this country. Our coverage continues here, of course. For the top of the next hour, we will throw it to chris hayes in dallas, texas. Chris . Brian, thank you very much. Good evening from dallas. Im chris hayes. This is msnbcs continuing live coverage of the deadly ambush attacks on police in this city last night. Not too far from where we are right now. As peaceful protests continue tonight in cities across the country like you are seeing, tonight in atlanta, last night here in dallas, a gunman opened fire on 12 officers, killing five of them. Two civilians were also wounded in the attack. The events unfolded at the end of a protest march over the recent Police Shootings of africanamerican men in louisiana and minnesota. Cell phone video from the scene last night captured the rapid barrage of gunfire as Police Rushed to the scene. [ gunfire ] the suspected gunman is dead, identified today as 25y