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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. |
LIVE UPDATES: Dallas protest turns violent, 5 officers dead | LIVE UPDATES: Dallas protest turns violent, 5 officers dead |
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. |
One more suspect may be dead, CBS reported on Twitter, stressing this information has not been officially confirmed. | |
The other three suspects are all in custody. | |
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. | |
READ MORE: Dallas suspect with rifle engaging in firefight with policeman (GRAPHIC VIDEO) | |
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. |