Dallas Police Chief David Brown has confirmed at least 11 police officers were shot and at least four were killed in an attack by two snipers in downtown Dallas at a protest of officer-involved shootings across the country.
RT @Thomas1774Paine VIDEO of shootout with #Dallas . Two officers shot. #truepundit pic.twitter.com/et1ZWizXAH
— MicroObama™ FanClub™ (@WDFx2EU2) July 8, 2016
“Tonight it appears that two snipers shot ten police officers from elevated positions during the protest/rally,” Brown wrote in a statement. “Three officers are deceased, two are in surgery and three are in critical condition. An intensive search for suspects is currently underway. No suspects are in custody at this time. We ask that any citizen with information regarding the shootings tonight call 214-671-3482.”
A short time after Brown released his statement, an additional officer was counted among those wounded in the attack bringing the total number of officers shot to 11.
WFAA-TV reports:
An officer at the scene told News 8’s Marie Saavedra the shooter has a rifle. She described several volleys of quick bursts of gunfire.
A protester's video of the protest when the shooting began. #Dallashttps://t.co/ERsHNejpKx
— Black Lives Matter (@Beyupdates_) July 8, 2016
A bystander who was at the scene told News 8 the shooter stood by as the rally passed him, then opened fire on officers.
Another bystander, Richard Adams, said the protest was “a lovely, peaceful march,” until they were walking down Commerce Street near the Bank of America building parking garage when he heard what sounded like “a bunch of firecrackers going off.”
“Everybody just stopped — ‘Run, run for your lives!’ Women with children and babies and everybody was chaotically running. And then, maybe I was a half-a-block away, calming down a little bit when we heard it again. […] There must have been five times tonight — whenever we thought we were safe, people said ‘Run, people were shot!'”
UPDATE 12:33am:
Update: pic.twitter.com/qBJe3q0EtN
— Dallas Police Depart (@DallasPD) July 8, 2016
UPDATE 12:28am: A photo of a suspect circulated by the Dallas Police Department appears to be an innocent bystander. Video appears to show the “suspect” on a street corner as the first shots rang out:
Dallas PD have named this man a "suspect" … However, he's seen here on the streets AFTER the shooting began pic.twitter.com/sZc3ZHwnd0
— Troy Hughes™ (@TommySledge) July 8, 2016
Wait, #Dallas PD released a pic of the "suspect" and yet he is in this video NOT shooting and away from the roofs? ? https://t.co/ssq5OttBUA
— Koketso Sachane (@KoketsoSachane) July 8, 2016
UPDATE 12:15am: DPD reports a fourth officer has died:
With heavy hearts, we are devastated to report a fourth officer has been killed.
— Dallas Police Depart (@DallasPD) July 8, 2016
UPDATE 12:07am: The Dallas Police Department has arrested a man wearing camouflage and body armor:
BREAKING Man with body armor has been arrested in #Dallas shooting. Unclear if he's suspect pic.twitter.com/DtorbOjQyc
— Alcides Segui FOX (@seguifox13) July 8, 2016
UPDATE 12:01am: The Dallas Police Department has just released a photo of one of the suspects:
This is one of our suspects. Please help us find him! pic.twitter.com/Na5T8ZxSz6
— Dallas Police Depart (@DallasPD) July 8, 2016
Image from behind of the suspect. #Dallas pic.twitter.com/jglWRHYJlg
— Swig (@OldRowSwig) July 8, 2016
This is a breaking news story. We will update this story when more details become available.
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