DPD chief says talks with shooting suspect went nowhere...Future police tactics in protests could change...Texas governor burned

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DALLAS (AP) — Dallas police chief David Brown says the suspect in the deadly attack on Dallas police officers scrawled letters in his own blood on the walls of the parking garage where officers cornered and later killed him. The chief defended the decision to kill Micah Johnson using a robot-delivered bomb, telling CNN that negotiations went nowhere and trying to "get him" in some other way would have put his officers in danger.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities could change their tactics at protests after the deaths of five officers at a Dallas demonstration over the recent police killings of black men. In St. Paul, Minnesota, officers in riot gear met protesters who blocked Interstate 94 late Saturday. About 100 people were arrested in protests, and 21 officers and state troopers were hurt. It was a contrast to their approach to earlier protests outside the governor's mansion.

DALLAS (AP) — A spokesman for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says Abbott sustained "extensive second- and third-degree burns" on both legs below the knees and on both feet and could miss next week's Republican National Convention. Abbott was in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Thursday when he was scalded in an accident involving hot water. Abbott has used a wheelchair since a tree fell on him while jogging in 1984, paralyzing him below the waist.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego police say a man injured during a series of attacks on homeless men in the city has now died. That brings the death toll to three. Police say the 23-year-old man died at a hospital today. He was attacked and burned on Wednesday, and authorities had not expected him to survive. On Thursday, 36-year-old Anthony Padgett was arrested on suspicion of murder, attempted murder and arson in the attacks.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Star is apologizing for a guest column about women reducing the risk of rape by not drinking too much, saying the column "should never have been published." The paper removed the column written by Laura Herrick. Publisher Tony Berg says it was removed because "when a person is sexually assaulted, it's not their fault. Period." Herrick tells KCTV she stands by the piece and that she wasn't blaming rape victims.