Five US police officers killed in worst attack on law enforcers

The shooting began near one of the busiest parts of the city’s downtown, filled with hotels and restaurants. Dallas Police Chief David Brown told reporters that two snipers fired “ambush style” from an elevated position late last night. Dallas police negotiated and exchanged gunfire with one of the suspects for hours at a parking garage in downtown.

“That suspect is dead,” a law enforcement official told CNN. The official did not say how the 

suspect died. According to the police chief, the suspects have threatened to have placed a bomb in the downtown area and that his department was coordinating with federal agencies.During a press conference, Brown said one of the suspects had told negotiators that “the end is coming and he’s going to hurt and kill more of us – meaning law enforcement – and that there are bombs all over the place in this garage and downtown.” 

There may be others out there. “We still don’t have a complete comfort level that we have all the suspects,” Brown said. Brown said investigators are working under the assumption that all the suspects were working together. He had initially said one of the suspects was arrested last night after a shootout with the police. A suspicious package was found near him and has been secured by a 

bomb squad.

As the tragic shooting incident continued to unfold, US President Barack Obama was briefed about the incident, according to the White House.

Obama, who is in Warsaw for the NATO Summit, denounced the “despicable” attacks in Dallas. “There has been a vicious, calculated and despicable attack on law enforcement,” Obama said, adding that the officers were “targeted” by multiple suspects.

It was the deadliest single attack on law enforcement since the 2001 terror attacks, when 72 officers died, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.