Police tape is seen at Rosa Parks Plaza near the shooting scene in Dallas, Texas, U.S., July 8, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dallas police ended a standoff with a gunman Friday morning by remotely detonating a "bomb robot," an unprecedented tactic by officers that rekindles concerns about the militarization of local law enforcement in the United States.
The bomb blast killed a black U.S. Army reservist identified by authorities as Micah Xavier Johnson, who shot dead five police officers and wounded seven others in Dallas on Thursday night following a peaceful protest over police shootings of black men.
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