Dallas Police Chief David Brown said Sunday that Micah Johnson, the gunman who killed five police officers Thursday night, appeared to have been planning a bigger attack.
Brown told CNN during a search of Johnson's home, authorities found evidence of bomb-making materials and a journal that indicated he had practiced detonations. "We are convinced that the suspect had other plans and thought that what he was doing was righteous and believed that he was going to make law enforcement … pay for what he sees as law enforcement's effort to punish people of color," he said.
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