Dallas Suspect Taunted Police During 2 Hours of Negotiation

Dallas Suspect Taunted Police During 2 Hours of Negotiation
An FBI evidence response team works the crime scene, Sunday, July 10, 2016, where five Dallas police officers were killed Thursday, in Dallas. A peaceful protest over the recent videotaped shootings of black men by police turned violent Thursday night as gunman Micah Johnson shot at officers, killing five and injuring seven, as well as two civilians. AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
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DALLAS—The suspect in the deadly attack on Dallas police taunted authorities during two hours of negotiations, laughing at them, singing and at one point asking how many officers he had shot, the police chief said Sunday.

Micah Johnson, a black Army veteran, insisted on speaking with a black negotiator and wrote in blood on the wall of a parking garage where police cornered and later killed him, David Brown told CNN’s “State of the Union.”

Johnson, who was apparently wounded in a shootout with police, wrote the letters “RB” and other markings, but the meaning was unclear. Investigators are trying to decipher the writing by looking through evidence from Johnson’s suburban Dallas home, Brown said.

Undated photo posted on Facebook on April 30, 2016. (Facebook via AP)
Undated photo posted on Facebook on April 30, 2016. Facebook via AP