Dallas Police Chief David Brown has confirmed at least 11 police officers were shot and at least six were killed in an attack by two snipers in downtown Dallas at a protest of officer-involved shootings across the country on Thursday night.
The Dallas Police Association announced the fifth officer had died at about 1:45 a.m., and the Dallas Police Department confirmed a sixth officer had died around 2:10 a.m.
The Dallas Police Department said in a statement around 11:30 p.m. a female suspect who was in a shootout with Dallas SWAT officers near the garage at El Centro College in downtown is in custody. A suspicious package was discovered near that suspect's location and the DPD bomb squad headed to the scene.
In a 12:30 a.m. news conference Brown said the police are negotiating with a second suspect on the second floor of that same parking garage. He said the suspect had exchanged gunfire with police during the negotiations, which have lasted more than 45 minutes as of 12:30 a.m.