New York Daily News

Dallas killer hid grenade, too

- BY NANCY DILLON

A NEWLY uncovered Army report reveals the troubled veteran who killed five Dallas police officers had panties, pills and a grenade hidden in his bunk when he got the boot from a base in Afghanista­n.

The May 2014 report obtained by the Daily News confirmed previous reports that Micah Johnson stole the panties from a fellow soldier’s laundry bag.

The report holds fresh details of the night Johnson’s team leaders searched his room on the base in Afghanista­n and found black women’s underwear with red trim under his bedding.

“Johnson grabbed the underwear as soon as I asked what it was,” an unidentifi­ed soldier involved in the search recounted.

The 25-year-old (photo) ran off, tossing the panties in a Dumpster along with three other pairs.

The report does not identify the female soldier by name, but she revealed herself to The News as Sgt. Ana Ma earlier this month.

Ma arrived at the Dumpster to identify the panties and “immediatel­y began crying and stated they were in fact hers,” the report said.

The incident caused Sgt. Ma to file a sexual harassment claim. Johnson was given two days to pack and left some items behind when he shipped out, the report says. Officers checking his room later found the grenade as well as prescripti­on medication belonging to another soldier. The pills were in Johnson’s sleeping bag.

Johnson was sent home with a recommenda­tion he be dismissed, but the Army granted him an honorable discharge in 2015. He opened fire on Dallas officers during a Black Lives Matter protest July 7, fatally wounding five before he was killed.

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