Parents Of Dallas Shooter Say Son Became ‘Hermit’ After Military Service

He says Texas must lead on race relations in America, and on supporting and protecting police officers.

Dallas police officers take cover after shots were fired during a protest of nationwide officer-involved shootings, July 8, 2016. He said the police department is hiring.

Brown also lamented that police face unrealistic expectations from society.

Johnson shot at killed five officers and wounded 9 officers and two civilians during a protest Thursday in downtown Dallas.

The dispute further strained a department that Brown said is one of the lowest-paid in the region, with new recruits making $43,000 a year, and has had such trouble recruiting officers that academy classes are frequently cancelled for lack of participation.

The astonished father added: “I don’t know what to say to anybody to make anything better”. “I just love Dallas and I love serving”.

Family members also said they never heard Johnson speak about hatred toward white people. He had been disappointed in his experience in the military, his mother told TheBlaze.com in an interview shown online Monday.

Nine officers were injured.

Brent Thompson was a 43-year-old officer with the Dallas Area Rapid Transit authority. He was killed Thursday during a downtown protest march. He said violence against police is a “reprehensible crime” that needs to be prosecuted. He was with the transit authority for seven years.

Although most of the markings were reportedly not legible, the initials “RB” stood out. Monday morning commuters honked in support.

The writing suggested that Johnson was wounded in a shootout with police. It was one of the highest per capita rates among big cities nationally and prompted a congressional hearing on the use of deadly force by police officers.

The demonstrations, echoed nationwide, followed the police killings of Philando Castile in Minnesota and Alton Sterling in Louisiana.

“They improvised this whole idea in 15 to 20 minutes”.

According to a court filing, the victim said she wanted Johnson to “receive mental help”, and sought a protective order to keep him away from her and her family.

“That’s part of why it’s so tragic that those officers were targeted in Dallas, a place that because of its transparency and training and openness and engagement has drastically brought down the number of police shootings”, Obama said. Craig has said his officers are on alert after the shootings.

Father James Johnson said the homecoming spurred an increased interest in African-American heritage for the veteran.

Investigators have found evidence indicating Johnson “was delusional” and had been planning a much larger attack targeting officers, the police chief said.

“We knew through negotiations this was the suspect because he was asking us how many did he get and he told us how many more he wanted to kill”, Dallas Police Chief David Brown told reporters on Monday.

Military technology expert and author of “Wired for War” Peter Singer told Gizmodo this was the first real instance wherein police used a lethal tactical robot to kill a criminal suspect.