Dallas Shootings: Stories of Officers Lost, Motives of the Gunman | Weekend Read

Each weekend, we share stories worth a deeper dive:

The Fallen: Five Officers Shared Common Passion To Serve

The five police officers killed in Dallas in Thursday's attack are more than statistics in a horrible story. They were five men who were fathers, husbands, brothers, sons. Ranging in ages from 32 to 55, they all had disparate paths that led them to law enforcement -- some hometown boys done good, others transplants from cities elsewhere in the country.

They shared a common thread: A devotion to public service, and their willingness to put each other in harm's way to protect the public they serve. >>> Read more.

Suspect Was Former Army Reservist Who Hated Police

Micah Xavier Johnson, the man police say is responsible for the sniper attack in Dallas Thursday that killed five policemen and injured seven others, was a former Army reservist who grew increasingly hateful toward law enforcement.

A picture has emerged of Johnson, 25, of Mesquite, as an angry young man with a warped interpretation of the tactics of empowerment for the black community. >>> Read more.

What Most of Us 'Good Cops' Are Thinking Right Now

"I am listening to the voices of our people who are crying out that something is wrong," writes Lt. Ed Cunanan of Woonsocket, R.I., Police. >>> Read more.