squad robot to deliver it instead of putting more officers in danger. it happened at a parking garage where police say the suspect told negotiators he was upset about the recent police shootings, and that he wanted to kill white people. special my white police officers. the dallas police chief says that the standoff lasted for several hours, and that the officer exchanged fire with the suspect. >> negotiations broke down with had an exchange of gunfire with the suspect. we saw no other option but to use our bomb robot, and place a device on the -- its extension for it to detonate where the suspect was. other options would have exposed our officers to grave danger. >> the police chief says the suspect claimed he acted alone, and that he was not affiliated with any kind of group. cops say the attack last night killed five police officers. and also say seven other officers, and two civilians, were hurt. police say the shooting started last night about 8:45 here local central time, as hundreds of demonstrators protested the deadly shootings in minnesota and louisiana. [chanting] [screaming] >> investigators say the bullets came from above and that terrified demonstrate yore ran from the scene. police ran toward the gunfire, risking and in some cases giving their own lives to serve and protect until the very end. so far we do not know how many people were involved in the attack, though police seem to be working under the premise there was onattacker and he is dead. investigators say they have suspects in custody but they've not released any information on them, or how they believe they might have been involved. alex is a reporter for our local fox station, fox 4. he has been assigned to cover the protest last night. their television station a couple blocks away so it and you found yourself in the middle of it all. >> right in the middle. we were getting ready to do our local 9:00 p.m. newscast so we were mic'd up, the ear piece in and ready to do live, and all of a sudden we heard what sounded like gunshots, and at first we didn't think it was that. you never really assume it's the case. and then they just continued and it was this rapid gunfire, we started to see officers scream for us to get back and started seeing people scattering throughout the street like ants and then the realize it was a serious situation. >> as a reporter it's one thing to arrive on the situation having heard the scanner traffic. it happened around you. >> right. >> i can hear until your voice last night. it had to have been terrifying. >> it was. but you kind of go into that reporter mode and you realize this is what you're supposed to be doing because initially there was an officer who was right next to us and he told to us get into our vehicles because we didn't know where those gunshots were being fired from. so initially my photographer and i were -- our first instinct was to get into the vehicle to make sheer we're safe. then we realize he have a microphone here and a live stream and a our duty was to bring the viewers the information. skid her if she felt safe enough to get out thereof car, and i she said she was, and we took it from there and the rest you saw on tv. >> did you get a sense for what was happening or was the sound ricocheting in a play you couldn't put it together. >> you hitted on the head, ricocheting through downtown. because ol' all the skyscrapers you heard the echos and weren't exactly sure where it was coming from, which is the scary part since you heard the gunshots. then e then when you started to see where the police was headed towards and the crowd was coming from, you got a better idea it was coming from the parking garage of the community college. >> when did you start to get the idea, they're targeting police? >> there was an officer who was kind of nearby us, and keeping us away, and we were in between two vehicles so he was making sure that we were staying out of the line of fire, and he said to me, we know at least two officers have been shot so please make sure you stay in place, and that's when we got the sense that it it was officers that we were hearing were injured and no spectators at that point. that's when we about to a feel for that situation. >> did ever have that amendment when you realized the protecters and the servers are dying around us, and this is a really big and horrible thing? >> absolutely. one point the were a couple of pointed patrol officers and remember vividly i saw one of the horse just kind of gallup by with no officer on it and that was a telling sign to me you have these trained officers and just how scary and unexpected the situation was, that whoever that mounted patrol officer was jumped off their horse in toward get somewhere that was safer alex boyer. thank you so much. great work from our friends near dallas lanight -- last night. so hard to be right in the middle with no idea it's coming. we're getting more accounts from wilts of the shootings. >> officers to the left, which is about three blocks from the courthouse, they just started going off. just pow, pow, pow, pow, and then everybody started running everywhere. as we were leaving, we heard the automatic fire, da da da da da, back-to-backfiring. it was wild. >> at the beginning of our coverage today i read part of the article from "the dallas morning news" about the mood of the city in the aftermath. it's the think piece, the first thing you read when you're a reporter coming into a city that you maybe don't knee that well, just off an airplane to try to get a sense of the mood. and joining us now is reporter who wrote that great article after covering it all last night. sarah is with us from "the dallas morning news." i loved your speed, thank you for lefting me read it. >> thank you. >> you told me when you got here a few minutes ago you didn't write it like you normally write michigan. hough did the process go? >> i was here until 2:30, 3:00 a.m. and when i got back here -- when the sun came up this morning, and i actually just sort of felt what the city felt like and wrote it on my notebook free hand and then sent it into the office. much more sort of just off the cuff than i usually would. >> did you -- i assume you were assigned to cover the protests. >> i actually wasn't. i heard about the firing and came down immediately after. i was there within a half hour. >> what did you find. >> it was chaotic. there was a really intense scene. the police did not have the crime scene secure and didn't know where the shooter was so it was very intense. there were media laying on the ground, on a hill overlooking a huge crime scene to try -- because the police were saying, get down, get down, this isn't a video game. we don't want you to be a casualty. so we were all laying on a hill for cover. a very intense relationship. protesters were really upset and rowdy and police wanting to protect them and make sure they didn't become a casualty as well. >> i read the little vignettes of the candles -- i don't remember your exact words but they had impact on me. you shed something about chemical burn about them. did you have a sense that dallas changed when you were walking around last night? >> it feels like a different city here this morning. i've lived here four years and i've never had a day like this. the candles at dpd hair were burning like a chemical sweetness and just sort of -- it felt odd, almost like a sensing candle but outside dpd in reverence to them. so for this weird contrast and stoic. >> you wrote of things that have become sort of part of routine, sadly, for these shootings that pop up all over the country. the birth of the memorial, you wrote about. wonder what you were thinking when you saw that? >> we knew there would be makeshift memorials popping up. there were candles and teddy bear and cards and flowers and people just want a way to express themselves, i met two women who showed up at dpd headquarters as 3:00 a.m. but a thaw wanted to be there, and people who had been at the march stayed and stayed because they couldn't bo home. they didn't know what to do with themselves. >> a number of responsibilities that people have when things like this happen. the reporters who cross the ts and get the facts right are one thing but that piece that always there in that big paper of record, in the nation, it is read by people all over the world on this day. i know everybody in the metroplex got up and read that piece this morning. there's a certain sense of responsibility, i know, as a journalist that comes with that and i wonder if you were feeling that and you can describe that. >> i was certainly feeling that. i've lived here four years, not a native, but feels like my home, and something of this nature happens dope want to have it hasn't but you want to cover in the betts way to honor what the citying going through. i tried to show that in any story i wrote. >> you wrote on a notepad. >> free hand whatever came to mind. >> then have you've gotten feedback today? >> yeah. seems like it's impacted people in a way i couldn't have expected. it impacted me being here, so the goal was to share what i felt and what i saw, and i know i hoch if did that. >> do you get a feeling for where we are in the emotional arc? usually they're grieving, anger. do you get a sense for where the stiff is. >> i think we're still in this shock phase. people -- many people have not even slept yet today, and early afternoon, since last night. i know that there were dpd officers on from 11:00 a.m. and got off 24 hours later, and so people are just -- i don't think they have been able to process it. they're grieving but it's only the beginning. >> it's nice to meet you. enjoyed your work and it is available now at dallas news.com. the third story down if you're watching on mobile. the think piece of the morning. good to see you. well, investigators say they've dealt with everything really over the course of last few hours, very large crime scene here in dallas. we'll find out exactly what the feds are doing now to help, and hear from the attorney general, loretta lynch. that's ahead on "shepard smith reporting." >> i believe i speak for every single american when i say we are horrified over these events and that we stand united with the people and the police department in dallas. we also know that when people are armed with powerful weapons, unfortunately it makes]1ñhz atts like this more deadly and more tragic. and in the days ahead we'll have to consider those realities as well. with my moderate to severe crohn's disease,... ...i was always searching for ways to manage my symptoms. i thought i had it covered. then i realized managing was all i was doing. when i finally told my doctor, he said humira was for people like me who have tried other medications,... but still experience the symptoms of moderate to severe crohn's disease. in clinical studies, the majority of patients on humira saw significant symptom relief... ...and many achieved remission. humira can lower your ability to fight infections... ...including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers,... including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions,... ...and new or worsening heart failure. before treatment, get tested for tb. tell your doctor if you've been to areas where certain fungal infections are common, and if you've had tb,... ...hepatitis b, are prone to infections, ...or have flu-like symptoms or sores. don't start humira if you have an infection. if you're still just managing your symptoms, ask your gastroenterologist about humira. with humira, remission is possible. >> continuing coverage now from dallas. the feds are working closely with the police near dallas to do everything they can with the help of the investigation with the ambush, according to the attorney general, loretta lynch, who called on people across the country, really, to support each other. >> to all americans, i ask you, i implore you, do not let this week precipitate a new normal in this country. ask you to turn to each other, not against each other, as we move forward. >> ed ins say they sent dozens of investigators here to this area to help process the crime scene, and they say the fbi is providing all possible assistance to the police departments here. catherine herridge is our chief intelligence correspondent, live in washington. >> the full resources of the justice department here in washington are now available to dallas investigators, including support from the fbi, to process the crime scene, atf, as well as the u.s. marshal service. with dallas after this week's shooting in minnesota of the 32-year-old cafeteria supervisor by a four-year vet of the st. anthony's police department, and alton sterling who sold cd's outside a louisiana convenience store, the attorney general called for restraint. >> the answer must not be violence. the answer is never violence. rather, the answer, our answer, all our answer, must be action. calm, peaceful, collaborative, and determined action. >> reporter: a d.c. metropolitan police department official confirmed that in light of what happened in dallas, officers in this city will be patrolling in pairs for the immediate future. we're seeing something very similar also in new york and the philadelphia police department. >> we're seeing some pretty sobering statistics on officer deaths. >> reporter: we pulled some research from the officer down memorial page, the site that tracks law enforcement killed in the line of duty by nonaccident al gunfire and the numbers have been uneven in 2015 it was 33. down from the previous year, but so far, 2016 is on track to surpass last year's number. at the justice department this morning the attorney general delivered that four-mint statement but would not take questions from reporters. >> attorney general, will you please take some questions? attorney general? what do you believe explains the spike in police murders? >> reporter: today the lieutenant governor in texas said he blamed some of the hate on social media. >> we have to have the backs of law enforcement. they have to know from the general public that we will not tolerate when people threaten to kill them. all those protesters last night, they ran the other way, expecting the men and women in blue to turn around and protect them. what hypocrites. >> reporter: the raw feeling here in washington, especially at the yates depth, was one of a sadness and somber. >> catherine herridge in washington, thank you. up next you hear from the uncle of one of the police officers who was shot and killed last night. one of the five officers shot and skilled last night was patrick sam ripa. -- zamarripa. he survived three tours in iraq and lost his life protecting demonstrators and keeping the peace around the protest in dallas. hector sam reap pa -- zamarripa is his uncle and is on the line with us live. i'm so sorry, our deepest condolences to you and your family. >> thank you, sir. >> tell us about the fallen officer, patrick zamarripa. >> he was an outgoing person. he loved his texas rangers baseball team. he loved his dallas football team, the dallas cowboys. he loved attending the games of both teams. he loved to go out with his family like to movies or some type of event. he just -- and he just an outgoing guy and came to family gatherings whenever we had them, he would attend, and he was just a outgoing guy. >> why did he decide to be a police officer? >> he loved serving the dallas county, serving the people in dallas area, and wanted to -- that was his goal and mission, was to be a dallas cowboy and that's what his dream was, was to be a cop, dallas police officer, and enjoy serving his community. of dallas. >> did officer patrick zamarripa talk to you, hector but the dangers that every first responder faces? >> oh, yes. he would tell us, some dangers that he had -- that came across. >> was it part of his conversation that, i got a dangerous job? you never know? you just never know what is going to happen every time you put on the uniform? >> yes, sir, that is totally correct. that exactly what he would say. >> i wonder how you as a family process that. >> well, we just tell him every time we see him, just be careful out there. just -- we tell him we love him, and just to be careful when he is out there, and, you know -- that's basically how -- that's basically it. >> i mentioned he served three tours in the united states military in iraq. did he speak of those times, and if so, what did he tell you? >> re just told us he went over there to iraq, and he just -- joined the navy and the military, and he enjoyed serving his country. he loved serving his country, doing his time in the military. he just enjoyed his time while he was in the navy, in the military. he enjoyed it and loved it. and then after, after the navy, when he did his time in the navy, he decided he wanted to go serve his career as a police officer, so he went to dallas police training academy, training to become an officer, and then he went to that school training, and then after completing that, he had the ceremony where he was sworn in to be a dallas officer, and then from there he became a dallas officer, dallas belief because that's what he wanted to do. he wanted to serve the community of dallas. >> a man who served -- >> what's what he loved -- >> -- nation with honor and i wonder if you could -- >> that was his goal and mission, was to do that. in life. >> well, i wonder if you could tell me how you and your family got the news, and how your family members are today? 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others? i'm told from an elevated position, with a rifle, yes, he could at this point the chief says they're leaving no stone unturned. >> we're not satisfied we have exhausted every lead, and we're not going to be satisfied until every lead is exhausted. so if there's someone out there that was associated with this, we will find you, and we will prosecute you, and we will bring you to justice. >> reporter: and as it relates, we want to see who these other three suspects are who are now in custody. the woman, as well as the two individuals in the mercedes who were stopped later. i'm told in the preliminary hearing here, within the next 48 hours, it will be the judge whether there will be cameras in the courtroom. >> what are you learning about the condition of the victims. >> reporter: that the good news, the hospitals are trauma one. so of the individuals we had two in surgery and three in critical. they've all been upgradedded or released but i'm told the department is in mourning. for those not in law enforcement we can't appreciate what a close fraternity it is and when one goes down, every one of them feels it because this was their partner. >> you question about that. thank you. police departments across at the country are taking extra safety precautions after the deadly ambush here in dallas. former dallas police officer, john matthews, is near dallas with me. the director 0 community safety institute and assistant chief constable for dallas county. so sorry for your extended police family and everybody voled involved. >> and our thoughts and prayers to all of this injured and the families of those we lost. >> where do you begin now? i guess old procedures have to be relearned. >> i think one of the things we have to focus on now is situational awareness, being aware of our surroundings even nor, on every single call we respond to. last night was such an anomaly. we're the protectors of society. we were out there protecting the citizens, and yet all of a sudden we ended up with the targets on our back, and we became the victims. so we in law enforcement have to take a hard look at what we're doing. look how we respond to calls to service and make sure we're protecting not only the citizens but ourselves. >> what sort of outreach are you getting from the country. >> i'm hearing from folks all over the ken tri, kales fro florida to new jersey to alaska, saying that their prayers and thoughts are with us, that they're going to review their policies and their procedures. they're going to look at their public gatherings. they want to keep their officers and citizens safe. >> police have protective gear that is heavy and hot. and in the city where for the next ten days the high won't be less than 98 degrees, how do you suggest that people, maybe we need to wear more cover? >> that's one of the hard things we have to development it's hot for us right now. putting the bulletproof vest on, the riot gear, it makes it uncomfortable, but the message we have to give our officers is safety first. it will save your life elm want you to go home aft night and that's a message that resonates across the land. so if we can give them extra safety gear, protective measures, put them in two-man elements responding to calls or watching out for each other's backs at public events, that's what we want to do. >> is it too early to look at yesterday and say, oh, wow, we should have or could have. >> in dallas we have to go through the grieving period and look at the investigate, i think around the country, and other agencies that are step back, they may look and say, how are we doing our procedures? what policies do we have in place to protect our officers? are we making sure that officer safety is paramount. >> this is not the first time police officers have been targets. it's not the first time there have been calls for police officers to be targets. wonder if you feel like in the main this is something we somehow need to address as a society, and if so, where do we begin? >> well, unfortunately we have had the last five years a tremendous increase in ambush attack lost two ours in las vegas eating lunch. two officer inside new york city who were sitting in their squad car, place that used to be our safe haven. now we have to know we are potential targets. >> there are immediate changes to be me made? >> i think changes we can immediately look at our policies. how we do things, and i think we can sit down with officers in our roll call briefing, take the extra minute and say, guys, we want you to come home tonight. this is what we want to do and how we want you to do it. you have to be safe to protect the citizens out there. >> there are officers still in hospitals across the city who deserve and need a lot of help now. are they getting emotional support and otherwise. >> they're getting the help and assist stangs from dpd but i want to tell you, one of the most emotional things i've seep today besides an officer standing on the street, worn down from the activity but still doing his job, is right behind is in city hally how have officers and citizens laying on gurneys together, giving blood. the citizens and can come together, and i hoch they will. >> the rest of us across the nation who watched in horror last night and grieve with you, what can somebody sitting at home do? >> well, first thing, if they see something spurt, see someone that looks out of place, package, someone carrying a weapon they don't think they ought to have or a vest that look out of place, call and let us know weapon want to err on the side of safety. the other thing we can do across the country, work harder, be pro-active in bringing citizens and law enforcement to the table, voicing our concerns, sharing our experiences, and understanding that public safety is not just up to the police. it involves everybody. it's going to take the entire community to come together to keep us safe. >> john matthews so nice to meet you. thank you. continuing coverage of the investigation into last night's attack here in dallas. first, another account from a witness who was on scene. >> we made it to the courthouse and then i started -- i wanted to by ahead of the group so i could get photos, and instead of getting photos i ended up getting shot at. so, i ran across the street, and i found my car and i hit by it for a little while until they came and got me just now. >> a massive show of support in dallas already, in the hours since the deadly ambush of the five police officers. pictures of a blood drive planned ahead of the attack, organizers tell us that more people than expected are coming out to help. it's happening in the building just behind us here. police officers who show up get to jump to the front of to the line, and often there is one, including this man, sergeant bronco mccoy. he says that he wasn't planning to donate blood at all until last night's massacre. is just one of a few dallas police officers giving blood after a day when his friends and colleagues have already given far too much. joining us now is an eye witness to the madness. she was taking part in a placeful protest when the shots rang out and is live at city hall. nice to meet you. thank you. so sorry. >> thank you for'ing here. >> she was in the united states military, on the uss nimitz in the yards also newport news when the attacks of 9/11 happened. >> yes, sir. >> so, you have seen your share. and i wonder what it was like when all of a sudden in the middle of the peaceful protest, hell broke out. >> it was surreal. literally a day of such love and such peace, and such camaraderie among not only the people who were marching with me but also the officers there to protect us. when it began, we didn't know what was going on. everyone got quiet. we slowed down. but we stayed on task because we had a mission we were there for. >> a mission. >> a mission. we were there to stand together, with the mission of love. anyone who drove up knew it was love. i sat 30 minutes at a light waiting to get through. we watched people get out of their cars and join the people that were marching on the streets. there were babies, seniors, black, white, asian. we saw people in their full national garb, showing their support, linking hands, chanting together. the police were high-firing and they were -- high-fiving and were giving hugs and saying, thank you, we're here, and they were there with us. when the shots rang out and the man came running down the street, he said, shots fired. active shooter. run. get out of the way. as we were spreading and running for cover, dallas police officers were running toward the shifts being fired. as soon as we cleared the street, the police cars came barreling down the streets heading to where the gunshots were being fired. we didn't know what was going on. we were hoping and praying and you could hear people immediately began to pray in so many different languages and you could tell they were praying that nothing had happened and that no one was hurt, that everything could be moved forward. there were chants of, calm down, don't run. re-organize. we'll start again. it's okay. calm down. we were trying to stay calm. and the shots kept ringing out. people came running town the street toward us. we tried to get out of the way. i took my children we got flat against the wall. told them-tone run, stay calm. just stay here. i watched people falling in the street, and i feared immediately for their safety because the trample herd behavior, you are certain you're going to see people trampled. people fell and people bid this pinged them up and. they didn't know that person in front of them that fell. they weren't the same color, not the same age. there was nothing alike about them except for the fact that i'm here to help you. i don't care would you are, when you fell, i'm picking you up. it happened so fast. and i am so grateful it wasn't worse than what it is. not saying it's not bat but it could have been so much worse. >> you had been moved to go there in the first place. >> testify it -- definitely. for the past few years i've made sure i practice what i preach with my children. i tell them either you're part of the problem or part of the solution. there's no straddling the fence no middle line. you say something, you stand up, you do something, even if it's nothing but standing and saying, i'm here. i see you. understand. i feel what you're going through. i pain for you. whatever it is you're showing solidarity with what is going wrong you show which side of the line you're on. you have to make a decision. and in doing that, when we have -- we have been here in front of city hall many times. i have my children right there from the time they were younger until now so they know, sometimes you get the water you get the fan, do we need chairs? you know, we're going to be there. >> part of the community. >> a part of the community. because when you live in the community you have to be part of it. you have to stand with it. and i was so proud of the people of dallas because it was the most diverse group i've ever seen come together. it was the most loving and caring and peaceful group that came together. i mean, even though the chance -- you hear "hands up, don't shoot" and people assume it's malicious. people assume you're angry win you're saying it. yes, we're angry and it was hurtful but it was peaceful. it was just saying, look, my hand are up. don't shoot. it was let thing world know, this is our message. this is what we're trying to get through. and even after the chaos began, people still came together. i heard people checking on their neighbors. people on facebook, hey, we're okay. we're next to this person, what's your name, sir? what's your name? they're just fine. they're with me. everyone is sharing cell phones. which you don't see often today. calling family, letting people know they were okay, even in the time we knew something really wrong was happening, we still stood together. >> it sounds like this act of this madman last night didn't sort of bust your vibe. sounds like you're still on a mission. >> always. things like this make you plant your feet even more firmly in the ground, because you understand that we have to continue to answer all acts with love. not just hatred north just love, not just i'm disagreeing with you, well agree agree to disagree. it hat to -- has to be done with a right and level mind. i'm not going stop. my children aren't going to stop. >> how do you explain this to your children? >> the best way possible. it's never easy. you never know what words are going to come out. you never know with children what questions they're going to ask. like my son and i just had a conversation earlier this week, before any of this started, the difference between when a person is killed and when a person is murdered. if you're the murderer or if you're the killer, what does it mean? too you still go to heaven him had so many questions. and after those questions he went right back to being a 14-year-old. mom, what's for lunch? i really want to good to my friend's house base they're going out of town. you know how kids do, try to spend the night for one day and get away from home. he has this balance between dealing with the real world and being a child, that no one should ever have to deal with. >> thank you for your service in the navy and thank you for being here today. keep up the good work. >> thank you. >> nice to meet you. we'll be right back. >> i have my face on national news. y'all going to come out and say this young man had nothing to do with this. i don't know what is going on. all i know at the end of the day here is that i was -- it was like just going on. it was persecuting on me, and i feel that they need to do something about this. continuing coverage now from dallas. let's bring in austin york, reporter for local radio station here. krld and was working last night. some great reporting on your station this morning. you're out in the middle of it and all of a sudden? >> shots fired. that's what it came down to. this is what -- what is so tragic, this was a very peaceful protest. you had a lot of people that had opinions, very passionate but no finger pointing at police. if you were to look at twitter earlier you would have seen that they were taking pictures with the police officers, and putting them on twitter page. so vary peaceful event. then 8:45 last night, got gunshots. >> and where were you, what did you hear and what did you do? >> what is crazy it was so peaceful i thought, this is fine. so i left and then i heard gunshots were fired from the editor so i had to turn around and come back and that's when you saw total chaos. that you saw police patrols on every street corner. at least 100 police car on every street and especially on the street where the shooting took place. >> i guess getting everybody on the right path last night, when all this was going down, was hard because sounds like nobody knew we the bull let were coming from. >> absolutely. that what'ses craziest thing, anyone wag trying to not go into the areas they w. supposed, doing what they were posed to do but officers didn't know. every ten minutes they would come back with completely armed with rifles saying get out, go, go, go, and arch starts running, and you don't know where to run. just running in circles, probably, and officers didn't know. they were trying the best they could but didn't know because it was a chaotic scene. >> were you able to get close enough to where it was happening. >> i was a couple blocks a. from standoff sways, and i -- standoff situation, and i heard a blast. officers were using just to take the situation to an end. what it turned out to be was the bomb they used to detonate to kill the suspect. but that was a very scary situation when you heard that blast, considering the events of the evening. everyone jumped and thought, what do we have now? luckily it came to the enthat it did. >> news radio operates on a wheel. there's traffic and weather and news, entertainment, sports. did all that good away last night? >> absolutely. 24/7, everything to dwight -- to do with the shooting. we had three reporters, including myself. one at the hospital and two, myself and the assistant news director was out here, was actually closer to the shootingg and heard random gunfire and ran. but it was an -- everyone on deck kind of situation at the news station. >> i'm sure it was. nice to meet you. >> thank you. >> thank you very much for coming on another hot dallas day. there's loot more to learn here today. we'll be with you through the next hour on fox news channel from city hall in dallas. we're expecting to get new information from police as the afternoon moves on. we have been able to learn more about the man who carried out this shooting, according to police. we're still working to find out about others who were taken in last night. whether this woman, who was taken into custody, had something to do with it. who were the accomplices. who helped with logistics and what actually spurred this man to create this chaos? that all part of our reporting in the next hour. top of the hour, top of the news next on fox news channel. it's 4:00 on the east coast, 1:00 p.m. on the west coast, 3:00 p.m. here in dallas. i'm shepard smith in a city in mourning across the metroplex. continuing our special coverage of the massacre in dallas last night. law enforcement sources very close to this investigation now tell fox news, 25-year-old micah johnson is believed to have been the only gunman in last night's attack. a senior u.s. defense official tells us at fox news that he was an army veteran. he served in afghanistan. received an honorable discharge just last year. during the chaos last night near dallas, the police chief originally blamed at least two snipers f

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