Five police officers have been shot dead by at least two snipers at a protest in Dallas, Texas.

Six other officers have been wounded in the attack.

Police are involved in an ongoing stand-off with one suspect, who is exchanging "sporadic" gunfire with officers from inside a parking garage.

He has told them that "the end is coming", that he intends to kill more police, and that there are bombs "all over downtown Dallas".

Three suspects, thought to be two men and a woman, are in custody. Two of them were stopped in a car near the scene of the shootings.


The initial gunshots were heard at Belo Garden Park around 8.45pm local time, with Dallas police chief David O Brown saying the snipers took their shots "from elevated positions" during the protest.


He said the officers had been fired on "ambush style" and some had been shot in the back.

Two are in surgery and three are in critical condition in hospital, he added.


In a brief press conference, Mr Brown said: "Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers tonight."

TV showed protesters scrambling for cover and police officers crouching behind parked cars or running into a what appeared to be a car-parking building with guns drawn.

The scene remains chaotic, with heavily-armed police officers guarding street corners and helicopters hovering overhead.

Earlier police tweeted a picture of a "person of interest" but later said that he had handed himself in.

In a statement they added: "Another alleged suspect was in a shootout with Dallas SWAT officers.

"That suspect is also in custody.

"A suspicious package was discovered near this suspect's location. The package is being secured by DPD (Dallas Police Department) bomb squad."

Your own report na Five Not four again

Eebrahym:
Your own report na Five Not four again

One was confirmed dead as at about 2:00am

sinistermind:


One was confirmed dead as at about 2:00am

Oh , I see

if Nigerians start shooting cops like this ehnnn e go red

I didn't even read the whole passage, just the heading. Kill I say......police have been brutalizing innocent individuals for what? Hee They have met their match. Kill