Dallas Police Shooting

Dallas Police department’s decision to use a robot to remotely detonate explosives may set a precedent for active shooters in the future.

A source told SOFREP and thearmsguide.com that when Dallas SWAT made entry after the detonation of the explosive device, they encountered a Saiga IZ-240 semiautomatic rifle on the floor among the rubble. The weapon had a 30 round magazine, single point sling, Magpul folding stock and a rail system with a Primary Arms 5 power scope.

Our police officers are under siege: DALLAS — He served his country overseas. Then he came home, became radicalized, and turned into a mass murderer. Micah Johnson, 25, of Mesquite, Texas, was identified by police as the sniper who shot 12 people during a Black Lives Matter protest in downtown Dallas on Thursday night. By […]

A source told SOFREP and thearmsguide.com that when Dallas SWAT made entry after the detonation of the explosive device, they encountered a Saiga AK-74 style semiautomatic rifle on the floor among the rubble.  The weapon reportedly had a 30 round magazine, single point sling, Magpul folding stock, and a rail system with a red dot […]

SOFREP recently received new information from two separate law enforcement sources, close to the Dallas shooting, that said the shooter allegedly used a Saiga AK-74.

Editors note: Unfortunately, initial reports are usually wrong, and in this case it appears that this might be true. SOFREP just received information from separate sources that have identified the weapon used by Micah X. Johnson as a Saiga AK74. Click HERE to read the new article.- Desiree Huitt  Initial reports from Dallas described multiple snipers […]

A 32-year-old Navy reservist is among the police officers killed in the Dallas sniper attack that claimed the lives of five police officers and wounded seven others. Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Patricio Zamarripa was killed Thursday night in a hail of bullets from a shooter or shooters who took aim at from an elevated position at […]

An Army veteran “upset about Black Lives Matter” and “recent police shootings” who opened fire Thursday night in Dallas in an attack on police officers has been identified as Micah Xavier Johnson, the Los Angeles Times and CBS News report. Five police officers were killed and seven were wounded, officials said. Two civilians were also wounded in the shootings. Johnson, […]

When a bad guy starts shooting and they are wearing body armor, that makes the job of eliminating the threat that much tougher. Typically the only option here is a head shot.