Race War is starting: 2 Snipers Ambush, Kill 5 Officers, Injure 6 in Dallas

[MikeWB]

2 Snipers Ambush, Kill 5 Officers, Injure 6 in Dallas Following Peaceful Protest

Police continue to exchange gunfire with a cornered gunman hours after five officers were fatally shot at the conclusion of a peaceful protest in downtown Dallas, officials said early Friday morning.

Three other suspects were in custody in connection with the shooting that killed four Dallas police officers and one DART transit officer and wounded six other officers, according to Dallas Police Chief David Brown.

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At least one civilian was injured. She was identified by family as Shetamia Taylor, and she was shot while shielding her children from the gunfire, her sister told NBC 5. Taylor's condition is not known.

The cornered suspect is not cooperating and has told negotiators "he's going to hurt and kill more of us," alluding to bombs planted in the area, Brown said. A bomb squad investigated at least one suspicious package in the night as part of the massive police response.

Eleven officers in all were shot by gunmen in what police believe to be a coordinated ambush attack that began at 8:58 p.m., at the close of a rally in solidarity with two men killed in officer-involved shootings, one in Louisiana, one in Minnesota.

Video from the scene showed officers taking cover and people in the rally scattering after gunshots were heard.

"We believe that these suspects were positioning themselves to triangulate on our officers ... and planned to injure and kill as many law enforcement officers as they could," Brown said at a news conference Thursday evening.

One person was taken into custody at about 11:30 p.m., Dallas police said, following an exchange of gunfire with Dallas SWAT officers. A suspicious package was located near that person, and the package was being investigated by bomb squad personnel.

Two other people were taken into custody in connection with a vehicle, Brown said. But he and Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings stressed that the shooting scene was still active — Brown said that after the Friday morning news conference, he would receive plans for how to end the standoff with the suspect, in a garage at El Centro College.

"We still don't have a complete comfort level that we have all the suspects. So we will continue a very, very rigorous investigation and search of downtown," Brown said. "We will likely be working throughout the early morning hours of Friday until we are satisfied that all suspects have been captured and have an opportunity to be interviewed."

Rawlings called the shooting Dallas' "worst nightmare," Thursday night, and asked that all residents "come together and support our police officers."

Gov. Greg Abbott offered the state's assistance to Dallas overnight.

It is the deadliest day for United States law enforcement agents since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks killed 72, NBC News reported.

The ATF and FBI have joined the investigation, authorities said.

Dallas police released a photo of a man whom they considered a "person of interest" in the shootings. The man, whose identity has not been released, surrendered to police for questioning.

A person who identified himself as the brother of the man whose photo was released told NBC 5 that his brother had nothing to do with the shooting.

Scores of police officers arrived downtown following the shooting, which took place along Main Street between and Market and Lamar streets, a block from the Old Red Courthouse building.

"I saw all the cops were bending over. There had to have been five or six cops, and they were all getting shot down. It was right after the rally, we were walking to the car," said Cortney Washington, of Dallas.

"They kept shooting. It was coming -- we didn't know where it was coming from. And I didn't see anybody else get shot. It was just the cops. I didn't see nobody else get shot," Washington said.

DART public transportation service is suspended in downtown due to police activity. El Centro College is closed Friday, and classes are canceled due to the police investigation.
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Protests-in-Dallas-Over-Alton-Sterling-Death-385784431.html

[Ognir]

Reporting the fella shot himself

[Ognir]

now seems they sent in a robot with a bomb

Not a lot of details
Weird

[rmstock]

is the shooting still ongoing ?

now seems they sent in a robot with a bomb

Not a lot of details
Weird

The WP doesn't seem to have any trouble posting stuff, and
also inserting adds for visiting the Democratic or Repubilican Conventions ..