The shots were fired as the march was moving down Lamar Street near Griffin before 9 p.m.Īn officer at the scene told News 8's Marie Saavedra the shooter had a rifle. They have been taken to both Parkland Hospital and Baylor Medical Center.īrown said three of the dead officers were with the Dallas Police Department and one was with the DART police. The shot officers include both Dallas police and DART officers. If you have any information regarding the shooting, DPD asks you to call 21. Police have asked everyone to get to safety and avoid downtown Dallas.
They say that man has since turned himself in, in addition to the suspect who was in a shootout with DPD officers.īrown initially said 10 officers were shot, but a short time later said an 11th officer had been shot in an exchange of gunfire with one of the suspects. None of the suspects or persons of interest have been identified.Įarlier Thursday, Dallas police circulated a photo of a person of interest in the crime earlier in the night. Police are questioning both occupants of the vehicle. Officers followed the vehicle southbound on I-35 and stopped it on I-35 at Kiest. The individual threw the bag into black Mercedes, when then sped off at a high rate of speed.
Meanwhile, a massive police presence surrounded a vehicle and are questioning two individuals they took into custody on Interstate 35 at Ann Arbor Avenue in Dallas.Īccording to Dallas police, that situation began when a Dallas police officer saw an individual carrying a camouflage bag walking quickly down Lamar Street. The police chief said he would be meeting with officers shortly after the news conference to discuss their plan to end the negotiations and capture the second suspect.Ĭhief Brown also said the department would continue to search downtown throughout the night and into the morning until they are sure all suspects have been captured and they have determined there are no bombs. He said the suspect had exchanged gunfire with police during the negotiations, which have lasted more than 45 minutes as of 12:30 a.m.īrown said the suspect told negotiators "the end was coming," that he's "going to hurt and kill more of us" (meaning law enforcement), and that there were bombs planted all over the garage and downtown. news conference Brown said the police are negotiating with a second suspect on the second floor of that same parking garage.
a female suspect who was in a shootout with Dallas SWAT officers near the garage at El Centro College in downtown is in custody. A suspicious package was discovered near that suspect's location and the DPD bomb squad headed to the scene. The Dallas Police Department said in a statement around 11:30 p.m. One bystander who is not a police officer, Shetamia Taylor, was also shot. Still, it is the deadliest since event for police officers in the United States since September 11, 2001. DART had said a total of six officers were killed briefly early Friday morning before issuing a correction - only five are confirmed dead.