Five Dallas police officers were killed and at least six more injured in a coordinated sniper attack during an anti-police brutality protest Thursday, an explosion of violence that President Obama declared a “vicious, calculated and despicable attack on law enforcement.”
This is as a result of the killing of two black men by white police officers within 48 hours.
Three people were in custody and one suspect dead as local police and federal authorities raced to determine a motive and whether more people were involved in what was the nation’s deadliest day for law enforcement since 9/11. Law enforcement veterans told Fox News the attack was clearly coordinated and showed an alarming degree of planning and sophistication.
Dallas Police Chief David Brown said it appears multiple rifle-toting suspects were working together, “triangulating at different positions” as protesters marched through the streets of Dallas. The protest was one of several around the country, prompted by police shootings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota.
Prayers to the families, officers, all affected by this. Good will triumph over this evil. #PrayForDallas pic.twitter.com/npTFAnNvB6
— Dallas Police Assoc (@DPA_PoliceAssoc) July 8, 2016