Dallas police confirm gunman is dead
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The gunman who shot at Dallas police headquarters early Saturday morning is dead, the Dallas Police Department confirmed on Twitter. He was shot by a SWAT sniper around 5 a.m.
They have not yet identified the man who shot from an armored van and drove to a nearby Jack in the Box, creating a standoff with police in the parking lot. He identified himself to police as James Boulware. No one was injured in the shooting. Julie Kliegman
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Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.
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