On July 7, 2016, Micah Xavier Johnson ambushed and shot police officers in Dallas, Texas, killing five, injuring nine others, and wounding two civilians. Johnson, a 25-year-old Army Reserve Afghan War
Screenshot from a video showing Micah Johnson in front of El Centro College, on the Lamar Street side
A screenshot of CCTV footage in El Centro college of Micah roaming around.
Law enforcement personnel investigating the crime scene
Former first lady Laura Bush, former President George W Bush, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at a memorial service for one of the officers killed in the shooting
Killing of Alton Sterling
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On July 5, 2016, Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old black man, was shot and killed by two Baton Rouge Police Department officers, Blane Salamoni and Howie Lake II, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States.
2016 shooting of Dallas police officers
…Afghan War veteran, was angry over police shootings of black men. He shot the officers at the end of a protest against the recent killings by police of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. Johnson fled to a building on the campus of El Centro College, where…
Officers and Sterling during altercation
The Triple S Food Market in Baton Rouge, where Sterling was shot by the Baton Rouge Police
Second memorial for Alton Sterling near the Triple S Food Mart