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Dallas gunman struggled with marksmanship in training -ex-Army peer

By Ruthy Munoz
Washington, Jul 16 (Reuters) The 25-year-old former US Army reservist who shot dead five Dallas policemen in a racially motivated sniper attack was a poor marksman during basic training, a soldier who served with him said.
Dallas police have said that the gunman, Micah Johnson, used "shoot and move" tactics to ambush the officers as a July 7 demonstration over police involved shootings of African-Americans was wrapping up, leading police to believe at first that there was more than one sniper.
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