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[size=12pt]Police: 5 officers dead, 6 hurt in Dallas protest shooting[/size]
DALLAS (AP) — Dallas was in shock and beset by uncertainty early Friday after gunmen shot and killed five police officers and wounded six during a peaceful protest over fatal police shootings of black men in other states, police said, in bloodshed evoking the trauma of the nation's tumultuous civil rights era.
Police Chief David Brown blamed "snipers" and said three suspects were in custody while a fourth had exchanged gunfire with authorities in a parking garage downtown and told negotiators he intended to hurt more law enforcement officials.
Early Friday, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said the fourth suspect had died. "We don't exactly know the last moments of his death but explosives did blast him out," Rawlings told The Associated Press. He said police swept the area where the standoff took place and found no explosives.
Police did not identify any of the suspects or mention a possible motive. The shooting began about 8:45 p.m. Thursday while hundreds of people were gathered to protest the week's fatal police shootings week in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and suburban St. Paul, Minnesota.
Brown told reporters the snipers fired "ambush style" on the officers. A civilian was also wounded, Rawlings said. Brown said it appeared the shooters "planned to injure and kill as many officers as they could." Video from the scene showed protesters marching along a downtown street about half a mile from City Hall when shots erupted and the crowd scattered, seeking cover.
The attacks made Thursday the deadliest day for U.S. law officers since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, according to The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, which tracks on-duty deaths. It also drew a comparison with November day in 1963 when a U.S. president was slaughtered by a sniper on a Dallas street only a few blocks away.
"I think the biggest thing that we've had something like this is when JFK died," resident Jalisa Jackson downtown said early Friday as struggled to fathom the still-unsettled situation.
Officers crouched beside vehicles, SWAT team armored vehicles arrived and a helicopter hovered overhead.
[size=12pt]Police: 5 officers dead, 6 hurt in Dallas protest shooting[/size]
DALLAS (AP) — Dallas was in shock and beset by uncertainty early Friday after gunmen shot and killed five police officers and wounded six during a peaceful protest over fatal police shootings of black men in other states, police said, in bloodshed evoking the trauma of the nation's tumultuous civil rights era.
Police Chief David Brown blamed "snipers" and said three suspects were in custody while a fourth had exchanged gunfire with authorities in a parking garage downtown and told negotiators he intended to hurt more law enforcement officials.
Early Friday, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said the fourth suspect had died. "We don't exactly know the last moments of his death but explosives did blast him out," Rawlings told The Associated Press. He said police swept the area where the standoff took place and found no explosives.
Police did not identify any of the suspects or mention a possible motive. The shooting began about 8:45 p.m. Thursday while hundreds of people were gathered to protest the week's fatal police shootings week in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and suburban St. Paul, Minnesota.
Brown told reporters the snipers fired "ambush style" on the officers. A civilian was also wounded, Rawlings said. Brown said it appeared the shooters "planned to injure and kill as many officers as they could." Video from the scene showed protesters marching along a downtown street about half a mile from City Hall when shots erupted and the crowd scattered, seeking cover.
The attacks made Thursday the deadliest day for U.S. law officers since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, according to The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, which tracks on-duty deaths. It also drew a comparison with November day in 1963 when a U.S. president was slaughtered by a sniper on a Dallas street only a few blocks away.
"I think the biggest thing that we've had something like this is when JFK died," resident Jalisa Jackson downtown said early Friday as struggled to fathom the still-unsettled situation.
Officers crouched beside vehicles, SWAT team armored vehicles arrived and a helicopter hovered overhead.