Police said they were questioning two occupants of a Mercedes they had pulled over after the vehicle sped off on a downtown street with a man who threw a camouflaged bag inside the back of the auto.
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” ‘I was taking cover and I could hear on the police radio that there was an injured person who was shot in the chest and that the suspects could have been in a black SUV, ‘ Giribet-Vargas says”. The person then threw the bag into the back of a black Mercedes and sped off at a high rate of speed.
Shots were reported fired in downtown Dallas on Thursday night during a protest over shootings by police of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota, CNN affiliate KTVT said.
The deadly attack on Dallas police officers Thursday was centered around the El Centro College parking garage in downtown, and the school is dealing with the fallout.
Police later added that one suspect had been taken into custody following a shootout with Dallas SWAT officers, and the bomb squad was securing a “suspicious package” found near him.
The conditions of the officers are unknown at this time.
“We are grateful to report the three other Dart police officers shot during the protest are expected to recover from their injuries”.
The fourth Dallas ambush suspect has reportedly shot himself during a standoff with police, Fox affiliate KDFW said. The majority of blacks are not armed and the majority of killers of police officers are white.
Police said three people are in custody following the shooting, with the fourth now in a stand-off with officers near El Centro college and “exchanging gunfire with authorities”.
As news of the sniper shootings broke, celebrities jumped on Twitter to react to tragedy.
G.J. McCarthy said at first he thought it was fireworks. No identifications were released.
Another protester, retail worker Tanya McDonald, 28, said: “What gets me is how many people are failing to see that this is happening nearly every day”.
State investigators later identified Minneapolis area police officer Jeronimo Yanez as the patrolman who fatally shot Castile during a traffic stop. There has been no official confirmation of that. The scene is still active. There was no immediate word on whether anyone had been injured.
A police dispatcher reached by The Associated Press had no immediate comment.
The other three suspects are all in custody.
The protesters on Thursday chanted “The people united, never be divided” and “Hands up don’t shoot”. In New York, 1,000 people marched down Fifth Avenue and a few scuffled with police officers.
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Crowds gathered outside Gov. Mark Dayton’s residence in St. Paul, Minnesota, miles from the spot where an officer killed Philando Castile in a vehicle on Wednesday.
