Thats just one Vantage Point we have. Theres remarkable foot only of this terrifying evening. Five dallas officers killed, seven wounded, two civilians hurt. Intense nation already stunned and outraged by the controversial deaths at the hands of police this week, now stunned and outraged by the deaths of Police Officers trying to protect people who were protesting those very incidents. Listen to some of the frantic calls between officers at the scene and the dispatcher. Assist, officer, shots fired. Code three, staff the radio, officer down. We have a guy with a long gun but we dont know where the hell hes at. Slow down, hes in the damn building right there. We dont know where hes at. Hes in that building, across from that building. 69, we have got to get dsd down, 159, get him here. Theyre on their way. Possibly El Centro College building. Looks like inside the el s centro building, inside the el centro building. We learned from the Dallas Police chief that the shooter is dead, he was
From here, one of the pastors thats making his way over there, he anticipated we would have a few hundred folks gather there, in fact, on the drive from the airport a few hours ago, they had a billboard up advertising this vigil and let us bring you up to speed now only the investigation, but lets start with victims we can tell you within the last few minutes. We have learned that michael krol, the only dallas officer, Police Officer whose been identified so far, weve learned his age, he is, he was 40 years old, michael krol. At one point he was part of the wayne county sheriffs department, wayne county, michigan, he was with the Corrections Division there, originally from michigan were told, it moved here to dallas and with the Dallas Police department for a number of years. Michael krol, among the five killed last night. And the other, of course, Brent Thompson who we have been talking about. 43 years old. He was a d. A. R. T. Officer, dallas area Regional Transit team. They were out
His baby girl. A special edition of world news tonight from dallas begins now. And good evening tonight from dallas. We traveled here after seeing the initial headlines along with the rest of the country overnight, watching in disbelief. Tonight, an entire city in shock, as we learn more about the chilling motive. It was last night here in dallas, peaceful protests. After Deadly Police shootings elsewhere in the country. The demonstrations rocked by gunfire, people running for cover. A fierce assault of gunfire. Police officers being shot one by one. When it was over, 14 people had been shot, 5 Police Officers killed. It was the most deadly day for Law Enforcement since 9 11. And we begin tonight with how police cornered the suspect, what he said to them, and how they took him down. Matt gutman is right here in dallas tonight. Reporter this is the moment the peaceful protest dissolved into chaos. Wait, wait, wait, wait. Reporter downtown dallas. Just before 9 00 p. M. Hundreds of Peopl
Could have been much higher. Police say the killer, army veteran, michael johnson, had amassed enough bomb making materials for a much larger attack. The Dallas Police chief telling us about some bizarre exchanges. Meanwhile, the crowds are growing, tensions still building, more than 300 people arrested in weekend protests all across the country. Some cities, protesters flooded the freeways, blocking traffic. Our correspondents and experts are covering all the angles. Lets begin with nick valencia in baton rouge. Reporter it has been an emotionally exhausting week, underscored in baton rouge. The last three days, there has been a series of demonstrations, nearly 200 people have been arrested. People here attribute it to demonstrators coming from out of state to protest against police. One of those demonstrates is lead black lives matter activist, deray mckesson. I also spoke with theyre using children to put in between them and the riot police. I asked deray about that criticism and to
Police department. At the same token, not every Police Officer is a perfect person. Some are evil and bad. Most are good. And the vast majority are good. We have to be honest with each other. When you talk about black lives matter, the black young boy who was killed by another black young boy is just as dead as the black young boy killed by the Police Officer except what i just mentioned happens 50 times more than the other. And i think theres a target on Police Officers backs because of groups like black lives matter that make it seem like all police are against blacks. They are not. They are the ones saving black lives. Black lives matter. Its not saving any black lives. Its the Police Officers that are doing it. The way the governor of minnesota yesterday seemed to be saying black lives matter in his own way was something he said that a lot of people struck a lot of people as honest. I dont think had this motorist been white wed be talking about this. You have an assassinated driver