8:03 PM PDT 7/7/2016 by Jennifer Konerman Jennifer Konerman
Four officers were killed at a protest Thursday over the week’s police shootings.
On Thursday night, media outlets reported several shots fired at a protest in Dallas over the week’s fatal police shootings of black men.
During the protest, local news outlets showed video of protesters scattering after gunfire broke out. There was no word on how many injuries there were initially, while police and security officers already on the scene began a search for the shooter.
News networks reported that several, as many as 10, police officers were shot, but their condition was unknown as of Thursday evening and police were negotiating with a suspect in the shooting. Later that night, Fox News was told that the officers who were shot were with Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), and one of the officers had died while three were injured. The DART Twitter account confirmed the news.
Dallas police chief David Brown and Dallas PD’s Twitter account later updated that information to say that two snipers had shot a total of 10 police officers, killing four. As of late Thursday night, one suspect was in custody and a person of interest had already surrendered.
Update: pic.twitter.com/qBJe3q0EtN
— Dallas Police Depart (@DallasPD) July 8, 2016
KDFW is reporting police are negotiating with a second suspect in the shooting of police officers in Dallas. pic.twitter.com/AztV5XCQPe
— Fox News (@FoxNews) July 8, 2016
Michael Bautista: “It was a very peaceful march… They all looked like they were just there to speak their mind.” #Dallas #KellyFile
— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) July 8, 2016
Earlier, CNN reported that there may have been more than two shots fired, with sources saying that they heard as many as 20 gunshots during the protest.
BREAKING: Reports of shots fired at a protest in #Dallas https://t.co/9p3NBdvwpU
— CNN Tonight (@CNNTonight) July 8, 2016
Witness at #Dallas protest tells KTVT: “I heard about 20 gunshots in rapid succession” https://t.co/HDuGgJ1cFn pic.twitter.com/XDK9XEdtuw
— CNN (@CNN) July 8, 2016
The Dallas protest came together after the fatal shooting Wednesday of Philando Castile, who was shot after being pulled over while in a car with a woman, who then uploaded video of the shooting’s aftermath to Facebook Live.
Just one day earlier, a phone captured video of Alton Sterling being shot in Louisiana by two police officers. Thursday saw nationwide protests in response to the shootings.
9:42 p.m. PT: Updated to include confirmation of fourth officer’s death.
10:25 p.m. PT: Updated with information about suspect in custody.
Source: Hollywood Reporter – Top Story
