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Dallas shooting: police negotiate with armed suspect after four officers shot dead – latest Dallas protest shooting: police negotiate with suspect after four officers shot dead – live updates
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Eyewitnesses to the shooting – which erupted as protesters against police violence marched peacefully through downtown Dallas – have been talking about what they saw:
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There are reports from the scene that explosions have been heard close to the site in El Centro where the suspect is engaged in negotiations with police.
Local reporters say it is possible that officers are using flash grenades but this has not been confirmed.
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Many of the people who were taking part in the peaceful protest that was interrupted by the shooting are still in downtown Dallas, unable to leave because transport has been halted or delayed as the search continues for possible suspects.
A man engaged in a standoff with police has also reportedly claimed that bombs have been placed in the city.
There are reports that some transport might begin again soon:
People stranded at downtown Greyhound station following #DallasPoliceShooting told buses to HOU and ATL will be able to leave shortly.
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The garage (car park) where police are negotiating with the armed suspect is close to El Centro college, which has just issued this statement saying students and staff are “on lockdown” inside the building:
El Centro College at 801 Main in downtown Dallas and the El Centro Wellness Center remain on lockdown.
Students and faculty are still in the main campus buildings, and two employees are on lockdown in the Wellness Center.
The campus was placed on lockdown at 8pm as a precaution before protesters reached the area; the shootings occurred approximately an hour later, according to news and police reports.
The lockdown was announced using the public address system, and all exterior doors to the campus were locked at that time.
El Centro police officers were inside the complex as the lockdown occurred.
The number of students and employees in the buildings is not known at this time.
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Dallas police chief David Brown said earlier that at least two snipers had shot at officers “from elevated positions”.
Brown said the snipers appeared to have positioned themselves on perches at downtown garages during an orchestrated attack and “planned to injure and kill as many law enforcement officers as they could”.
In the most recent news conference, Brown said police now believed four people – three in custody, one in a standoff with officers – could have coordinated the attack.
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Police chief David Brown, described the armed standoff with the suspect that at that point – some half an hour ago – had already been going on for 45 minutes. He said the man had exchanged gunfire with officers on the second floor of a garage (multi-storey car park). Police chief David Brown described the armed standoff with the suspect that at that point – half an hour ago – had already been going on for 45 minutes. He said the man had exchanged gunfire with officers on the second floor of a garage (multi-storey car park).
Brown said the suspect had told them:Brown said the suspect had told them:
The end is coming and he’s going to hurt and kill more of us – meaning law enforcement – and that there are bombs all over the place in this garage and in downtown.The end is coming and he’s going to hurt and kill more of us – meaning law enforcement – and that there are bombs all over the place in this garage and in downtown.
We are being very careful in our tactics so that we don’t injure or put anyone in harm’s way. We are being very careful in our tactics so that we don’t injure or put anyone in harm’s way. We still don’t have a complete comfort level that we have all the suspects. So we will continue a very, very rigorous investigation and search of downtown … until we are satisfied that all suspects have been captured.
We still don’t have a complete comfort level that we have all the suspects. So we will continue a very, very rigorous investigation and search of downtown … until we are satisfied that all suspects have been captured. Updated
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Texas senator Ted Cruz has offered support and assistance:Texas senator Ted Cruz has offered support and assistance:
My prayers are with those harmed in Dallas and with the first responders; we will be in touch w/ local authorities to assist however we canMy prayers are with those harmed in Dallas and with the first responders; we will be in touch w/ local authorities to assist however we can
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A temporary flight restriction (TFR) has been placed on aircraft over part of Dallas as negotiations continue between police and an armed suspect:A temporary flight restriction (TFR) has been placed on aircraft over part of Dallas as negotiations continue between police and an armed suspect:
FAA issues TFR for portion of Dallas airspace following tonight’s deadly shootings. https://t.co/ug7Pix2kAj pic.twitter.com/QzgGofkdWiFAA issues TFR for portion of Dallas airspace following tonight’s deadly shootings. https://t.co/ug7Pix2kAj pic.twitter.com/QzgGofkdWi
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Police update: a summaryPolice update: a summary
The suspect we are negotiating with … has told our negotiators that the end is coming and he’s going to hurt and kill more of us … and that there are bombs all over the place, here and downtown.The suspect we are negotiating with … has told our negotiators that the end is coming and he’s going to hurt and kill more of us … and that there are bombs all over the place, here and downtown.
We are waiting for the suspects to break.We are waiting for the suspects to break.
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Mayor Mike Rawlings said he would now be going to the hospital to visit the injured. Mayor Mike Rawlings said he would now be going to the hospital to visit the injured. He did not give an update on the health of the seven other officers who were shot.
He did not give an update on the health of the seven other officers who were shot. Updated
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Brown says police believe there were four people working together as “snipers”. Brown says police believe there were four people working together as “snipers”. But he won’t speculate on motive:
But he won’t speculate on motive:
We are waiting for the suspects to break.We are waiting for the suspects to break.
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Four officers have died, he confirms: one Dart transit officer and three police officers.Four officers have died, he confirms: one Dart transit officer and three police officers.
Brown says he has never been more proud of his officers, who are on the scene “knowing we are vulnerable”. Brown says he has never been more proud of his officers, who are at the scene “knowing we are vulnerable”. He says officers ran towards gunfire to help the injured.
He says officers ran towards gunfire to help the injured. Updated
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Brown says officers are conducting searches of downtown “until we are satisfied that all suspects have been captured”.Brown says officers are conducting searches of downtown “until we are satisfied that all suspects have been captured”.
He says two people stopped in a Mercedes earlier this evening are still being questioned.He says two people stopped in a Mercedes earlier this evening are still being questioned.
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The suspect we are negotiating with … has told our negotiators that the end is coming and he’s going to hurt and kill more of us … and that there are bombs all over the place, here and downtown.
Brown says police are “being very careful with our tactics”.
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Police chief David Brown says officers are involved in negotiations with a suspect.
He says gunfire has been exchanged, and the standoff, which is ongoing on a second-floor garage, has been going on for 45 minutes.
A woman who was in the area is in custody, he adds.
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Dallas police department news conference
Mayor Mike Rawlings and police chief David Brown are speaking now.
Rawlings says the White House and the Texas governor have offered assistance.
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The front page of the Dallas Morning News has captured what we know so far of this unfolding situation:
The front page of Friday's Dallas Morning News following Thursday's shootings downtown. pic.twitter.com/ExIlxEMA9V
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Images from the scene show multiple police officers engaged in what is still thought to be an active situation. A number of people have been detained but officials have not said whether they believe they have caught the people involved.
A police department press conference is due soon. We will have all updates here.
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Hundreds of people were gathered in Dallas on Thursday evening for a peaceful protests against the killings by police this week of Alton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota.
Gunfire broke out around 8.45pm. Video taken by people at the scene shows that as protesters were marching along the street, a series of shots rang out.
The crowd scattered, seeking cover.
Eleven officers were shot.
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Dallas police department says it has detained two more people:
A DPD officer observed an individual carrying a camouflaged bag, walking quickly down Lamar St. The individual threw the bag in the back of a black Mercedes and the Mercedes sped off at a high rate of speed.
Officers followed the vehicle southbound on I-35E and performed a traffic stop at I-35E and Kiest. Police are questioning both occupants of the vehicle.
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The Next Generation Action Network, which organised the peaceful protest in response to the killings by police of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, has described tonight’s violence as “cowardly acts”:
Next Generation Action Network (NGAN) expresses its condolences for the officers whose lives [were] lost following tonight’s peaceful protest.
NGAN organized a peaceful protest to address community concerns regarding two recent police involved shootings.
NGAN, nor its president, Minister Dominique Alexander do not condone violence in any form.
Shots were fired into a crowd taking the lives of 3* innocent people and injuring several others.
These cowardly acts were committed by individuals in no way affiliated NGAN.
[*The death toll has since risen to four officers killed.]
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What we know so far
Claire Phipps
5.43am BST
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The man in the widely circulated photo has turned himself in, according to police, who are now calling him a “person of interest”. In a previous tweet with his photo, the department called him a “suspect”.
A man who said he was the person of interest’s brother told a local news station that his brother was innocent and that he handed his gun over to police when the shooting happened.
“100% it’s not him,” the brother said, adding, “With him having an AR-15 with him, I said ... ‘give your gun to the cop so there’s no misidentification.’”
He said his brother brought the gun to the protest because “it is his right. He was simply exercising his right.”