Justice
At Least 12 Police Officers Shot, 5 Killed by Sniper Fire in Dallas
The shootings started during a peaceful rally against U.S. police killings.
Updated July 8 at 6:15 p.m.
As demonstrators in cities across the U.S. marched in protest Thursday night against the police shootings of Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, and Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a peaceful protest winding down in downtown Dallas was interrupted by sniper fire. At least 12 police officers were shot, according to Dallas Police Department Chief David Brown. Five of those shootings were fatal.
“At 8:58 p.m., our worst nightmare happened,” Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said at a press conference late Thursday night.