UPDATE – One police has been confirmed dead by DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit) three others shot non life threatening -more and much worse… Dallas local media says ten officers have been shot and three are dead, two are critical – snipers targeted the police. Reports are that there are two suspects who are wearing body armor masks, and are using assault rifles.
Four Deaths Confirmed 11th officer shot in downtown Dallas in exchange of gunfire with a suspect – chief
Dallas police chief says a 12th person – a civilian – was also shot and injured in downtown Dallas
Dallas police said they had three suspects in custody following the shootings, which started when at least two people opened fire with rifles on police who were in the demonstration area at 8.45pm on Thursday. A fourth suspect exchanged gunfire with police in a tense, hours long standoff with police overnight, but that confrontation ended early Friday morning
David Brown, the Dallas police chief, described the shootings as an “ambush-style” attack, and said those responsible appeared to have “planned to injure and kill as many officers as they could”. “(They were) working together with rifles, triangulating at elevated positions in different points in the downtown area where the march ended up going”
Dallas Police chief believes suspects may have planted a bomb in the downtown area: http://abcn.ws/29lzxKT
UPDATE: 10 officers shot according to @DallasPD Chief Brown. Three deceased, two in surgery, three critical. #Dallas pic.twitter.com/3hHe0pmvOC
— Conflict News (@Conflicts) July 8, 2016
There were protests all over the countries tonight over what many believe is excessive police force against unarmed citizens. This is an issue I personally have discussed years ago and before it “was cool unfortunately, it has now become a front page news item after some high profile killings in which many situations the police killed unarmed citizens with possible little or no justification. Right now things are really spiraling out of control.
One protest was planned tonight in Dallas by the Black Lives Matter activists – the protest was mostly peaceful until moments ago there were reports of a shooter (possibly two) armed with an assault rifle started gunning down police. The details are Murky but RIGHT NOW: FOX NEWS REPORTS 3-6 POLICE OFFICERS DOWN IN DALLAS, TEXAS.
Here are some of the reactions on social media to the police shootings.
Video shows terrified protesters running from the sound of gunfire at shooting in Dallas https://t.co/t4alVwNSgO pic.twitter.com/gwVRD36F4I
— KTLA (@KTLA) July 8, 2016
Carlos Harris described the #Dallas shooting: “It was tap tap pause. Tap tap pause.” https://t.co/CjDMZdALVW pic.twitter.com/FA83MqZdL9
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) July 8, 2016
Retweet & Pray For Dallas ??? pic.twitter.com/5cvSW78YMv
— John Sparks ? (@IAmJohnSparks) July 8, 2016
Stay tuned for live updates on the violence and for details on what is happening right now in Dallas, Texas.
@TheBrandonMorse The cops in Dallas seems like nice people to me at least pic.twitter.com/gRnl4hrEiP
— JohannesGinger (@KillRime) July 8, 2016
#NakiaJones, Ohio police ofc, describes responsibility of wearing badge after video on #policeshooting goes viral pic.twitter.com/VNJvaCpZR7
— Sara Goldenberg (@SaraGoldenberg) July 8, 2016
#Dallas #PoliceShooting! Witness Says Police Had Hand Guns, Shooter Had Assault Rifle https://t.co/QJQrqiQAA7 #BlueLivesMatter #Protest
— Wayne Dupree™ (@WayneDupreeShow) July 8, 2016
#Dallas #PoliceShooting – Shooter negotiations ongoing with Police !! https://t.co/PfBJ1uE3Fy #BlackLivesMatter #BlueLivesMatter #MAGA
— Wayne Dupree™ (@WayneDupreeShow) July 8, 2016
#Dallas #PoliceShooting Witness: Police Car Was On Rims Driving to Hospital https://t.co/VhWs3LFylb #BlueLivesMatter #Protests
— Wayne Dupree™ (@WayneDupreeShow) July 8, 2016
Witness to the Dallas shooting: https://t.co/kPwvgd6RZI
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) July 8, 2016
DART now tells @cbsdfw THREE officers shot. #dallas #shooting
— Joel Thomas (@CBS11Joel) July 8, 2016
Live feeds from major media outlets on the latest from Dallas below