Deadly Dallas Standoff Which Claims Five Police Officer Lives Ends After Final Suspect Shoots Himself
By Tyler Durden
In a scene reminiscent of a warzone, eleven Dallas police officers were shot overnight by at least two snipers here Thursday night during a protest over police brutality, leaving five officers dead and wounding six, throwing the city into chaos and turning parts of downtown into a massive crime scene by Friday morning. Dallas Police Chief David Brown said the snipers had opened fire on officers from “elevated positions” during the protests. A civilian was also wounded. The attack was one of the worst mass shootings of police in U.S. history.
Police described Thursday night’s ambush as carefully planned and executed and had taken three people, including a woman, into custody before a fourth died from what Dallas-based media said was a self-inflicted gunshot after a standoff that extended into Friday morning. A fourth suspect exchanged gunfire with police in a tense, hours-long
standoff with police overnight, but that confrontation ended early
Friday morning when he reportedly shot himself.
The suspect in the standoff had told police “the end is coming” and that more police were going to be hurt and killed. Brown said the suspect also told police “there are bombs all over the place in this garage and downtown”.
BREAKING: Suspect holed up in Dallas parking garage reportedly dies from self-inflicted gun shot wound.
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NEW: A #Dallas PD detective confirms to me shooting suspect is “dead.” Also, 2 “suspicious devices” have been found pic.twitter.com/8ylwVQZtA5
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Police said they were questioning two occupants of a Mercedes they had pulled over after the vehicle sped off on a downtown street with a man who threw a camouflaged bag inside the back of the car. A woman was also taken into custody near the garage where the standoff was taking place.
“We are leaving every motive on the table on why this happened and how this happened,” Brown said.
Police are working on the assumption that all four may have been involved in the attack. It appeared the suspects had knowledge of the protest route, allowing them to take up “triangulated” positions above the march and target officers. Police were still searching for other suspects over night, just hours before thousand of workers would fill offices, restaurants and shops in the downtown.
“We still don’t have a complete comfort level that we have all the suspects,” Chief Brown said, adding a search of the area was continuing. Police and city officials said that large areas of downtown would be closed Friday as police continued their investigation.
Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings told Dallas residents to check with a city website and their employers to see if they would have access to their workplaces. Parts of the city are “an active crime scene,” Mayor Rawlings said, “and we are asking you to stay away from that area.”
Police didn’t release the identities of the suspects, and said their motives were unclear. The suspects …read more
