Updated: 1:35 Dallas Police Chief David Brown said police are exchanging gunfire with a suspect during negotiations that have gone awry. The suspect said “The End Is Near” and claims to have planted bombs in downtown. Police have also apprehended two people who were driving in a black Mercedes in downtown. They were reportedly wearing camouflage. A woman is also in custody who was in the garage where police exchanged gunfire with a suspect. Investigators are currently interviewing three individuals in custody.
“We as a city, we as a country must come together, lock arms and heal the wounds that we all feel from time to time,” said Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings during a press conference.
The suspects are not cooperating with police investigators.
UPDATED: 12:34 PM EST
The “person of interest” identified by Dallas police has turned himself in.
A suspect in the shooting is also in custody.
UPDATED: 12:16 PM EST
A fourth officer has died from wounds sustained in a Dallas shooting.
UPDATED: 11:55 PM EST
The Dallas Police Department has released a picture of the person of interest in Thursday’s shooting.
The picture was circulated on Twitter, although users were quick to point out that a man that appears to be the “suspect” was on the ground with protestors — not elevated as police specified — when the shots began.
https://twitter.com/DallasPD/status/751262719584575488
The police department has yet to respond to the concerns.
An eleventh officer was said to be shot, according to the police chief. In a press conference, Chief Brown also said police “believe these suspects have threatened to plant a bomb in the downtown area.”
The situation in Dallas is active. This is a developing story.
UPDATED: 11:30 PM EST
Ten officers were wounded in shooting that occurred at a Dallas protest Thursday night, according to a statement released by Dallas Police Department Chief David Brown.
Three of those officers were fatally injured. According to the statement, two snipers fired the shots from elevated positions.
UPDATED: 11:20 PM EST
Three police officers were shot Thursday night and another killed in a shooting at a Dallas protest.
One of the officers shot sustained a non-life threatening wound to his arm, CBS Dallas reports.
Police searched for a suspect or suspects with rifles in a parking garage at Griffin and Lamar in downtown Dallas immediately after the shooting.
DART rail and bus service in downtown has been suspended due to the shooting.
Protest participants also say the gunmen opened fire on the crowd.
This is a developing story.
Two police officers were shot during a protest organized in Dallas, Texas, Fox4News reports.
The protest was organized in response to two police-involved shootings that left Alton Sterling of Louisiana and Philando Castile of Minnesota dead this week.
It’s unclear if the protest is directly related to the shooting.
The condition of the officers in unknown. In videos taken by participants of the protest and bystanders, the gathered crowd can be seen dispersing as gunshots sound off in the background.
https://twitter.com/allisongriz/status/751234755882995713
The shooting happened just before 9 p.m. as the protestors were marching near Lamar and Main St.
Police sources tell FOX 4 one suspect is down while a second possible suspect is in a downtown Dallas garage and wearing a bulletproof vest and tactical gear.
This is a developing story.
SOURCE: Fox4News | PHOTO CREDIT: Getty
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