Dallas shooter Micah Xavier Johnson ‘had bomb creation material, bullet-proof vests, rifles and ammo at his house’
Afghanistan vet, 25, shot five cops dead before being blown up by bomb-laden police robot
THE sniper who picked off five US police at a black rights protest horded bomb-making kits and firearms at his home.
Afghanistan veteran Micah Xavier Johnson's house was raided in the wake of the Dallas attacks that saw 12 officers shot as they oversaw a Black Lives Matter rally.
Officers discovered an arsenal of rifles and ammunition along with manuals containing combat tactics.
Johnson had threatened police with explosives during a tense stand-off in the immediate aftermath of the shootings.
He warned cops there were "bombs all over the place" and admitted he "wanted to kill white people" as negotiators tried to convince him to surrender.
The murderous assault was only ended when a bomb-laden police robot blew him up as negotiations descended into a firefight.
The armour-clad Johnson had earlier been filmed shooting an officer from point-blank range in sinister execution-style.
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Revealing that police now believe the 25-year-old was the lone attacker, the city's mayor Mike Rawlings said police had found "written manifestos on how to shoot, move, shoot, move".
He added: "He did that...he did his damage.
"We believe now that the city is safe and that the suspect is dead and we can move onto healing."
Three others - including one woman - were arrested by police following the attacks.
He had earlier shot officers as they policed a protest against the killing of two black Americans by cops last week.
The shootings of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling by white policeman provoked outrage as videos of the killings were spread via social media.
Army vet Johnson only left the forces in April 2015 but became linked with black power movement's on his return, Fox News reported.
An anonymous man said: "When he came back from Afghanistan, he got in touch with some bad folks and went all Black Panther.
"He did have some anger issues but never said he would hurt anyone. His shots were terrible.
"He was absolutely normal, a really good friend. We lost touch once he deployed to Afghanistan and I stayed back. I don't really know how or why it got to the point it did."
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