Shooters killed five officers and wounded six during protests against police in downtown Dallas, marking the deadliest incident for police since September 11, 2001, when 72 officers died. The gunfire started Thursday night as demonstrators marched against the shooting deaths of two African-American men by police in Louisiana and Minnesota.
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President Barack Obama called the shootings "a vicious, calculated and despicable attack on law enforcement."
"There is no possible justification for these kinds of attacks or any violence against law enforcement," Obama said, speaking from the NATO summit in Poland. "Anyone involved in the senseless murders will be held fully accountable. Justice will be done."
Ten police officers were shot during the protests, Dallas Police Chief David Brown said. An 11th officer was shot during an exchange of gunfire with a suspect, authorities said.
Three people are in custody. One suspect died after an hours-long standoff with police in a downtown parking garage. Before he died, he warned bombs had been placed throughout the city.
"The suspect told our negotiators that the end is coming," Brown said. The suspect at the garage also told negotiators more officers are going to get hurt, and that bombs are planted all over downtown Dallas.
K-9 units swept the area for possible bombs. None were found.
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