Shots were reported fired in downtown Dallas on Thursday night during a protest over shootings by police of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota, CNN affiliate KTVT said.
Two Dallas officers were shot, KTVT reported. CNN could not immediately confirm that information.
The shooting happened as protests were underway about two blocks from Dealey Plaza.
Video showed the crowd suddenly sprinting away. Clarissa Myles said she eating at McDonalds when the chaos began.
"Everyone was screaming, people were running," she said. "I saw at least probably 30 shots go off."
"I was walking next to the officer who was helping with the protest, all of a sudden I saw six to eight shots," one witness told the station. "It looked like two officers went down."
Another witness who was at the protest told the station he heard multiple gunshots.
"Whoever was shooting had an assault rifle — and I know guns. The shots were in rapid succession," the witness said.
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Dallas' @FOX4 is now reporting “between 3-6 officers down.” One suspect is down, another still actively shooting.
This will never end until there is a brutal civil war in the US. Everyone will have guns, even more than now.
Wow. Hysteria in that video. I couldn't imagine being at an event where that sort of thing happens.
So a revenge shooting on police officers in general?
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Julia stiles is on The Daily Show and she hit the nail on the head...either systemic changes are made amongst the police departments or people are going to increasingly fail to respect the authority of the departments and violence will escalate....
America is just so terribly sick. They have a lunatic and a serial liar in the race for the Presidency, almost daily shootings just like this one, and any potentially real progress in any way stifled by petty political spats.
I just can't fathom how Republicans in the House won't even let this get to a vote. Seriously, we get that you're in love with the NRA, but for goodness sake, give the people what they want!
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Dallas Area Rapid Transit has confirmed 1 of their officers has been killed. 3 others have been shot but have non-life threatening injuries. This is per Fox News.
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dartmedia @dartmedia
Four DART police officers were shot in downtown Dallas. 1 deceased, others not life-threatening. No IDs yet. Updates via twitter.
Summary for people just joining us:
3-6 police officers reported shot, at least two in critical condition and being transported to hospital.
One non police woman reported shot (Not entirely confirmed). CNN reporting more injured.
TWO active shooters, one reported "neutralized" and manhunt/standoff active with the other.
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Robert Wilonsky @RobertWilonsky
Statement from @DPDChief on tonight's shooting in downtown Dallas
Oh my goodness. This is so sad.
I wish this would get gun control legislation finally passed, but that's just not going to happen. I just wish this didn't happen as frequently as it does.
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Julia stiles is on The Daily Show and she hit the nail on the head...either systemic changes are made amongst the police departments or people are going to increasingly fail to respect the authority of the departments and violence will escalate....
This is a cultural problem, not a police problem. This recent wave of incidents involving the police is simply a microcosm of the national crisis.
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I mentioned this in the GMG thread but I think that the hostility and unrest in the USA is going to become extremely severe following the two police shootings this week.
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11 Dallas police officers shot by sniper at peaceful protest. 5 officers dead.
