DALLAS (AP) — Police in Dallas say a fifth officer has died after they were ambushed during a peaceful protest downtown.
Another six officers were wounded.
Witnesses say hundreds of people protesting this week’s police shootings in Louisiana and Minnesota were approaching City Hall when the shooting began.
Three suspects are in custody and police say a fourth suspect is in a downtown Dallas parking garage and has been exchanging gunfire with police.
Dallas Police Chief David Brown says the gunman has said that he’ll harm more officers.
DALLAS (AP) — A woman says her sister was shot and wounded while protesting in downtown Dallas last night.
The sister of 37-year-old Shetamia Taylor says Taylor was at the protest with her four sons, ages 12 to 17.
Theresa Williams says that when the shooting began, Taylor threw herself over her sons and was shot in the right calf. Williams says her sister is undergoing surgery.
Five police officers were killed and six were wounded.
