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Fourth Dallas suspect shoots himself in standoff with police - reports Fourth Dallas suspect shoots himself in standoff with police - reports
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The fourth Dallas ambush suspect has reportedly shot himself during a standoff with police, Fox affiliate KDFW said. At least five officers were killed and six wounded as the protest over Alton Sterling and Philando Castile’s fatal shootings turned violent.The fourth Dallas ambush suspect has reportedly shot himself during a standoff with police, Fox affiliate KDFW said. At least five officers were killed and six wounded as the protest over Alton Sterling and Philando Castile’s fatal shootings turned violent.
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The suspect who was holed up in a Dallas parking garage, died from “self-inflicted gunshot wound,” Fox News wrote on Twitter.The suspect who was holed up in a Dallas parking garage, died from “self-inflicted gunshot wound,” Fox News wrote on Twitter.
The Dallas Morning News also says the suspect who was exchanging fire with police in the El Centro College garage is dead.The Dallas Morning News also says the suspect who was exchanging fire with police in the El Centro College garage is dead.
A second suspect may be dead, CBS reported on Twitter, stressing this information has not been officially confirmed.
Earlier, Dallas Police Chief David O. Brown said the suspects had threatened to plant bombs in the downtown Dallas area. One more suspect may be dead, CBS reported on Twitter, stressing this information has not been officially confirmed.
Also the Dallas Police Department tweeted a photo of a man initially called a suspect, but now a person of interest. The police department reported that he eventually turned himself in, and a separate suspect is in custody. A suspicious device was also found near where the suspect was taken into custody, and it was "secured by the DPD bomb squad," according to the police. The other three suspects are all in custody.
DETAILS TO FOLLOW The violence started on Thursday night during a peaceful protest over Alton Sterling and Philando Castile’s fatal shootings in Dallas. At least four attackers, holed up in a downtown garage, used sniper rifles against police officers.
The incident then sprawled to the streets that house major corporations, restaurants and courthouses. Police believe the attack was coordinated.
"(They were) working together with rifles, triangulating at elevated positions in different points in the downtown area where the march ended up going," Dallas Police Chief David Brown told a news conference.
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Brown also said the suspects had threatened to plant bombs in the downtown Dallas area.
Earlier, police tweeted a photo of a man initially called a suspect, but now a person of interest. The police department reported that he eventually turned himself in. A suspicious device was found near where the suspect was taken into custody and it was "secured by the DPD bomb squad," according to the police.