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The Latest: Dallas police chief defends use of robot

Bob Hatlett holds an American flag as he stands along Texas Highway 22 waiting for the processional of DART Police officer Brent Thompson on Saturday, July 9, 2016 in Corsicana, Texas. Thompson, a native of Corsicana, was one of the five police officers killed Thursday in Dallas when a sniper opened fire. (G.J. McCarthy/The Dallas Morning News via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT; MAGS OUT; TV OUT; INTERNET USE BY AP MEMBERS ONLY; NO SALES
Bob Hatlett holds an American flag as he stands along Texas Highway 22 waiting for the processional of DART Police officer Brent Thompson on Saturday, July 9, 2016 in Corsicana, Texas. Thompson, a native of Corsicana, was one of the five police officers killed Thursday in Dallas when a sniper opened fire. (G.J. McCarthy/The Dallas Morning News via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT; MAGS OUT; TV OUT; INTERNET USE BY AP MEMBERS ONLY; NO SALES

By Associated Press 5 min read

DALLAS (AP) – The Latest on the aftermath of the shooting of police officers during a protest in Dallas (all times local):

10:50 a.m.

The Dallas police chief defended the department’s use of a robot-delivered bomb to kill the suspect in Thursday’s shooting.

Chief David Brown said at a news conference Monday that the suspect, 25-year-old Micah Johnson, had “already killed us in a grave way, and officers were in surgery that didn’t make it.”

Brown added: “This wasn’t an ethical dilemma for me.”