Four police officers killed in Dallas shooting

TIL Desk/World/Dallas-Four police officers have been killed by two snipers who targeted them during a protest at Dallas in Texas, United States over two recent fatal cop shootings of black men. The snipers shot at 11 police officers, four of whom succumbed to their injuries, Dallas police chief David O Brown said.

The snipers shot from “elevated positions” during the protest. In addition to the four dead, two are in surgery and four are in critical condition, according to a Dallas Police statement. Brown said three suspects were custody and officers were continuing to negotiate with one suspect, believed to be one of the shooters, who was cornered on the second floor of a garage.