Facts Only as this event just ended.
- Shooters killed five officers during protests against police in downtown Dallas, marking the deadliest incident for U.S. law enforcement since September 11, 2001- CNN
- 11 Officers in total were shot.
- one sniper stopped after threatening "the end is coming" for police officers
- The snipers fired during a protest against police brutality- MarketSlant
- No explosives were found- CNN
- Second sniper takes own life at approximately 6:10AM
- President Obama makes comment on Dallas from warsaw. Calls the attack "calculated"
- Downtown Dallas is in lockdown early Friday
Thank you to CNN for the following info
A total of 10 police officers were shot by snipers during the protests, Dallas Police Chief David Brown said. An 11th officer was shot during an exchange of gunfire with a suspect, authorities said.
-- Brown said it's unclear how many suspects were involved, but three people are in custody.
-- Dallas police negotiated and exchanged gunfire with a suspect for hours at a parking garage in downtown. That suspect is dead, a law enforcement official told CNN. The official did not say how the suspect died.
-- "The suspect told our negotiators that the end is coming," Brown said. The suspect at the garage also told negotiators more officers are going to get hurt, and that bombs are planted all over downtown Dallas.
-- Police found no explosives during primary and secondary sweeps of the area, Dallas police Maj. Max Geron said Friday morning on Twitter.
Photos: Officers shot during Dallas protest
-- Two of the shooters were snipers, who fired "ambush-style" from an "elevated position," Brown said.
-- Officers killed include one DART officer. DART, the Dallas Area Rapid Transit agency, operates buses and commuter rail in the city and surrounding suburbs.
-- DART identified the officer killed as Brent Thompson, 43. He joined the transit agency in 2009, and was its first officer killed in the line of duty, DART tweeted.
-- Witness Ismael Dejesus said he filmed the shooter from his hotel balcony about 50 yards away. He described the gunman as carrying a weapon with a "pretty big magazine."
A total of 10 police officers were shot by snipers during the protests, Dallas Police Chief David Brown said. An 11th officer was shot during an exchange of gunfire with a suspect, authorities said.
-- Brown said it's unclear how many suspects were involved, but three people are in custody.
-- Dallas police negotiated and exchanged gunfire with a suspect for hours at a parking garage in downtown. That suspect is dead, a law enforcement official told CNN. The official did not say how the suspect died.
-- "The suspect told our negotiators that the end is coming," Brown said. The suspect at the garage also told negotiators more officers are going to get hurt, and that bombs are planted all over downtown Dallas.
-- Police found no explosives during primary and secondary sweeps of the area, Dallas police Maj. Max Geron said Friday
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