A suspect who died after a standoff with Dallas police said he wanted to kill white people -- especially white officers -- and that he was upset about "the recent police shootings," Dallas Police Chief David Brown told reporters Friday.
The suspect was killed by a bomb that authorities detonated, Brown said.
"We saw no other option but to use our bomb robot and place a device on its extension for it to detonate where the suspect was," Brown said.
Five police officers were killed and seven others were injured in the ambush that began Thursday night, officials said. It was the deadliest single incident for U.S. law enforcement since September 11, 2001.
Two civilians also were injured in the shootings, the office of Dallas' mayor has said.
Most of the injured Dallas police officers have been released from the hospital, Brown told reporters.
"This must stop -- this divisiveness between our police and our citizens," Brown said. "We don't feel much support most days. Let's not make today most days. Please, we need your support to be able to protect you from men like these, who carried out this tragic, tragic event."
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