Dallas PD issued a statement about 20 minutes ago that there were 2 snipers at elevated positions, 10 officers shot, 3 have died. They will hold a press briefing in a few minutes.
Some of the officers hit were from Dallas Area Rapid Transit police. DART has stopped all trains going in and out of downtown, also stranding many people.
Yeah really from all reports the shooters appear to be snipers not protesters ..
Who ever said they were the protesters? Said it happened at a protest.
Ok so you were referring to the shooters as " They " not the protesters ...Tv has a picture up of person of interest who they say shows him in camouflage shirt with strapped riffle ..I can't tell if he does have a rifle
Picture released of one of the suspects. I cant link to it properly
If it's the one in camo with the rifle on his right side, he is not 100% confirmed as one of the shooters yet. That's coming from my friend who is a Texas Highway Patrol Officer.
Damn another picture shows the guy in camouflage shirt with rifle by his side so he was standing with protesters and no one called the cops , this is insane ! Oh yeah I forgot in Dallas you can carry out in open
Ok so you were referring to the shooters as " They " not the protesters ...Tv has a picture up of person of interest who they say shows him in camouflage shirt with strapped riffle ..I can't tell if he does have a rifle
Damn another picture shows the guy in camouflage shirt with rifle by his side so he was standing with protesters and no one called the cops , this is insane !
Texas has open carry laws. So seeing people in a situation like this or just out and about carrying a rifle over their shoulder is very normal. For Texas.
Damn another picture shows the guy in camouflage shirt with rifle by his side so he was standing with protesters and no one called the cops , this is insane ! Oh yeah I forgot in Dallas you can carry out in open
There were a lot of people open carrying at this event, as Texas is a open carry state.
Guy in camo has contacted the police, since being seen on tv as wanted, so, he is most likely not the shooter. Probably just open carrying at the protest.
Different suspect was in a shootout with DPD SWAT.
Where were all the good people packing heat taking down 'the bad guys'?
I thought this was one of the home run points used to justify some guns and open carry?
* I've seen much footage and how challenging was that for the law enforcement discerning who the shooters were? This is a significant reason why open carry is a very poor idea.
Damn another picture shows the guy in camouflage shirt with rifle by his side so he was standing with protesters and no one called the cops , this is insane !
Texas has open carry laws. So seeing people in a situation like this or just out and about carrying a rifle over their shoulder is very normal. For Texas.
NOTHING should be normal about carrying asault weapons in public NOTHING. What a truly fd up law. Its just sad, and none of this needed to happen. Common denominator in all these happens, GUNS, but lets continue to blame any and everything else.
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How absolutely fucked up terrible it is that these officers had to get killed before (or maybe even...) some laws about what types of guns are legal and where and when a person can carry certain weapons. We're not even talking all out gun ban here. We haven't even reached the first stage of common sense in some parts. Ridiculously bad shit.
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Oh yeah I forgot in Dallas you can carry out in open
So seeing people in a situation like this or just out and about carrying a rifle over their shoulder is very normal. For Texas.
Different suspect was in a shootout with DPD SWAT.
I thought this was one of the home run points used to justify some guns and open carry?
* I've seen much footage and how
challenging was that for the law enforcement discerning who the shooters were? This is a significant reason why open carry is a very poor idea.
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