Bombcarrying robot and detonated it, killing the suspect. And this chilling video was captured by a witness showing one of the snipers firing shots at police. Three other suspects are under arrest. Now, a total of 12 Police Officers were shot. Five are dead. Seven wounded after these snipers opened fire during what was a peaceful demonstration against Deadly Police en cointers in louisiana and minnesota over the last several days. All of this happening shortly before 9 00 p. M. Local time. Among five officers killed, 33 yield Brent Thompson with d. A. R. T. Married just two weeks ago. Overseas in poland for a nato summit, president obama denounced the deadly sniper ambush on police. A vicious, calculated and despicable attack on Law Enforcement. There is no possible justification for these kinds of attacks. Or any violence against Law Enforcement. All right. So we have reporters on the ground with the very latest from dallas and talking to Law Enforcement experts, as well. Talking abou
Get out of the way. That chaotic scene comes against the backdrop of growing demonstrations and vigils around the country, including this one tonight in dallas where this shooting has occurred. The demonstrations and vigils have been about killings by police, the two killings we have seen on video this week, of alton sterling in baton rouge, louisiana and Philandro Castile in falcon heights, minnesota. I will go to cal. What do you have . Latest from Dallas Police, please be patient while we sort out all the information in what is still an active scene. The gunman is still not in custody. The latest is the omni hotel in downtown dallas. It seems like the crime scene is moving and you can see them taking cover behind that police car. Im told we now have audio of the gunshot, if we can go ahead and play that. [ gunshot ] [ gunshots ] somebody is really armed to the teeth. This is not one person. [ gunshots ] this is a person with a big magazine. I want to go to james cavnan nar. That est
They have to keep him contained so that gunfire hopefully is not going anywhere out on the streets where other civilians or police getting injured. Veteran of the fbi and a veteran profiler, one of the people we turn to. Sadly, because we cover mass sho shootings in the country far too often. We now want to bring in congresswoman jackson lee. I am told we are accomplishinaccomplishing accomplishinaccomplishing accomplishing establishing. Democratic of the state of texas. Congresswoman are you here with us . Yes, i am. I guess we are all equal in being in our sadness and shocked that this is happening in the streets of not just American City of dallas texas in near home state. I am curious of your thoughts at this hour. We are overwhelmed and we are shocked because we valued america to be engaged in peaceful protest and we also value of the work of men and women who serve as Law Enforcement. This is another mass shooting and a direct attack on the men and women who wear uniforms of Law
Robot to detonate a bomb which killed the shooter. Police identified him today as 25 year micah. Officials stress that the investigation into other possible suspects who may have assisted the shooter, remains on on going. I believe that i speak for every single american when i say that we are horrified. I have never been proud of a Police Officer and being a part of this great noble profession. This is a terrible blow to the city of dallas, its the terrible blow to the united states. Theres no possible justification for these kind of attacks. We must learn to live together as brothers and sisters, if not well parish as fools. We are better than this. We must stand in solidarity with Law Enforcement. Police across america feels this loss to their core. Seeing the courage, the professionalism, the grit to stay on scene in an area, looking for suspects, knowing that we are vulnerable. Today is a wrenching reminder of the sacrifices that they make for us. There will be a temptation to let
To remain orderly and just make their point, and others who actually want to who want and others who are unafraid of risking arrest. So several times protesters would walk out into the highway, shutting down traffic. Police would come in. They would create a phalanx and then push them back to the curb. Well, shortly after sunset, they made another attempt to shut down the highway. The highway was closed down for a while. Police came back in, and then they issued a warning that they are about to reopen the highway to traffic, and anyone who steps out on the highway, any of the protesters, are being threatened with arrest. Now, based on the two divisions that were seeing within this group of protesters, it could go either way. Whether people are going to go out on the highway and provoke police and potentially well see more arrests tonight, or whether theyre going to follow the voices calling for calm and remain on the curb and continue the peaceful protest that they began earlier this w