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Shots fired at Dallas police headquarters | |
(35 minutes later) | |
Shots have been fired at the police headquarters in Dallas, and a suspect has fled the scene in what witnesses say was as an armoured van. | |
Dozens of police cars gave chase and the man is now involved in a stand-off in a car park, officials said. | Dozens of police cars gave chase and the man is now involved in a stand-off in a car park, officials said. |
There has been an exchange of gunfire in the car park, they added. | There has been an exchange of gunfire in the car park, they added. |
Four bags were left outside the police headquarters, one of which contained explosives including pipe bombs, police said. | |
A later statement said one of the bags exploded as experts tried to move it. | |
The motive for the shooting is not yet clear. Dallas police say no police officers have been injured. | The motive for the shooting is not yet clear. Dallas police say no police officers have been injured. |
Dallas Police Chief David Brown quoted witnesses as saying that as many as four suspects were involved in the initial shooting incident. | Dallas Police Chief David Brown quoted witnesses as saying that as many as four suspects were involved in the initial shooting incident. |
He said officers were negotiating with the occupant of the van which is in a car park in Hutchins, about nine miles (14km) from central Dallas. | |
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