Dallas: 11 Police Shot, 5 Killed at a peaceful Rally about the recent Killings of Black men

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Dallas police officers were ambushed by snipers on Thursday night after a peaceful protest by Black Lives Matter prompted by the killing by police of black men in the past 48 hours in Louisiana and Minnesota.

Dallas police report that 11 officers were shot and five have died. Reportedly, one civilian was also shot.

Three suspects are in custody and Dallas police have exchanged fire with a fourth in a parking garage.

A suspicious package is reportedly being secured by bomb squads.

Per Washington Post:

Dallas Police Chief David Brown said there may be more persons involved in the attack. He believes the four suspects worked together with rifles, “triangulated at elevated positions at difference places in the downtown area” to attack police officers. 

The suspect in the El Centro garage said “there are bombs all over this place, in the garage and downtown,” according to Brown. FBI and ATV are on scene, canvassing for explosives. A suspicious package was found, and is being examined by the Dallas Police bomb squad.

“We are being very careful with our tactics, so we don’t injure or put any of our citizen’s in harm’s way,” he said. 

Two of the suspects in custody were seen climbing into a black Mercedes with a camouflaged bag before speeding off. They were apprehended in the Oak Cliff area, a suburb of Dallas.

The third suspect in custody was near the El Centro garage.