Four Dallas police officers were killed and seven others were wounded by snipers on Thursday night during a demonstration protesting the police shootings in Minnesota and Louisiana this week, according to Chief David O. Brown of the Dallas police.

Chief Brown said the shooting was carried out by two snipers who fired down on a demonstration in the city’s downtown area that until then had been peaceful.

“Some were shot in the back,” the chief said. “We believe that these suspects were positioning themselves in a way to triangulate on these officers.”

A civilian was also wounded.

Mayor Mike Rawlings said at about 11:30 p.m. that one suspect “had been cornered by police.” No arrests had been made.

Police were also combing downtown Dallas for what they believe was a bomb planted by the snipers as the heart of the country’s ninth-largest city was put on lockdown.

They “planned to injure and kill as many law enforcement officers as they could,” he said.

The chief said he had contacted the F.B.I. and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for help in the investigation.

Luckylife:
Any actions that leads to killing of a soul(s) be the authority or otherwise just count me out but will support life imprisonment for the killer . A nation where kill me I kill you their future is bleak.

SeverusSnape:
This is too bad.

Izontubo:
America paying the hard way for their inglorious gun law....mumu country...

FvckeDyoBiTch:


The 2ND amendment was fine 200 years ago...But with our gun law our crime rate is still lower than yours.

FvckeDyoBiTch:


The 2ND amendment was fine 200 years ago...But with our gun law our crime rate is still lower than yours.