DART officer Brent Thompson
Dallas police identified the shooter killed in the El Centro parking garage as Micah X. Johnson.
Police said he told negotiators he wanted “to kill white people, especially white officers.” He was not affiliated with any group or terrorist organization, but angry about recent police shootings in other cities, as far as police know at this point in the investigation. He was in the Army Reserves as a junior officer.
Of all police departments in major U.S. cities, DPD has the lowest rate of officer-involved shootings.
No information has been released about the DPD officers who were killed and injured, but DART has given out names of their officers shot and information about the officer killed.
The three DART officers who were shot and are expected to recover from their injuries are Omar Cannon, 44, Misty McBride, 32, and Jesus Retana, 39.
The officer killed, Brent Thompson, 43, was married two weeks ago. His wife, Emily, is also a DART officer and was not on duty last night.
People will gather at Thanksgiving Square at noon for a service to remember the slain officers.
