>> Announcer: THIS IS AN ABC
NEWS SPECIAL REPOR
>>> WE ARE COPPING ON THE AIR
WITH THE LATEST ON THAT
DEVASTATING NEWS FROM DALLAS.
LAST NIGHT AT A PEACEFUL PROTEST
SHOTS DID RING OUT.
SNIPERS FIRING POLICE OFFICERS.
FIVE HAVE DIED.
SEVEN OFFICERS INJURED.
TWO CIVILIANS WERE HURT, AS
WELL.
THAT IS THE MAYOR OF DALLAS
RIGHT THERE.
ONE OF THE SHOOTERS WAS KILLED
BY POLICE AND THREE SUSPECTS IN
CUSTODY.
LET'S LISTEN TO THE MAYOR.
>> JUDGE JENKINS, I WANT TO
THANK THE FBI, I WANT TO THANK
THE GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR FLEW IN LAST NIGHT, THE
PRESIDENT CALLED ME FROM POLAND,
AND ALL YOUR COMMENTATORS HAVE
WISHED US WELL AND AR TRA
PRAYING
FOR US AND I WANT TO SAY FROM
OUR HEART WE FEEL THAT AND SO
THANK YOU.
I AM NOW GOING TO TEL YOU SOME
NOT GOOD NEWS FOR YOU REPORTERS
AND THAT IS WE'VE GOT A CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION GOING ON AND OUR
NUMBER ONE JOB IS TO MAKE SURE
THE CITIZENS OF DALLAS ARE SAFE
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO TELL YOU
ANYTHING ABOUT THE SUSPECTS AND
WE'RE NOT GOING TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS ON THAT.
WE WILL WHEN IT'S THE RIGHT
TIME.
NOW IS NOT THE RIGHT TIME.
BUT A LOT HAS HAPPENED IN THE
LAST FIVE OR SIX, SEVEN HOURS
SINCE WE TALKED.
I GUESS IT WAS EARLY IN THE
MORNING.
AND I WANT CHI BROWN TO GIVE
YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT.
I'M PROUD OF HIM, HE'S BEEN
WORKING SO HARD THESE LAST FEW
HOURS.
WE'VE BEEN WITH FAMILIES, AND
WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE CITY IS SAFE THIS
MORNING AND I BELIEVE IT IS.
CHIEF BROWN.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR
WE'R HURT IN
ING.
OUR PROFESSION IS HURT IN
ING.
DALLAS OFFICERS AREHURT IN
ING.
WE AREHEARTBROKEN.
THERE ARE NO WOR TO DESCRIBE
THE ATROCITIES THA OCCURRED TO
OUR CITY
ALL I KNOW IS THAT THIS MUST
STOP.
THIS DIVISIVENESS BETWEEN OUR
POLICE AND OUR CITIZEN
TO UPDA YOU ON WHAT'S
TRANSPIRED SINCE W LAST SPOKE,
LET ME WALK THROUGH THE STANDOFF
THAT HAD OCCURRED OR THAT WAS
OCCU
OCCURRING AT EL CENTRO ON THE
SECOND FLOOR, THE COLLEGE THERE
IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS
WE CORNERED ONE SUSPECT, AND WE
TRIED TO NEGOTIATE FOR SEVER
HOURS.
NEGOTIATIONS BROKE DOWN.
WE HAD AN EXCHANGE OF GUNFIRE
WITH THE SUSPECT.
WE SAW N OTHER OPTION BUT TO
USE OUR BOMB ROBOT AND PLACE A
DEVICE ON -- I EXTENSION FOR
IT TO DETONATE WHERE T SUSPECT
WAS.
OTHER OPTIONS WOULD HAVE EXPOSED
OUR OFFICERS TO GRAVE DANGER.
THE SUSPECT I
DECEAS AS A
RESULT OF DETONATING THE BOMB.
THE REPORTING THAT THE SUSPECT
KILLED HIMSELF IS N ACCURATE.
WE'VE CONFIRMED THAT HE'S BEEN
DECEASED BECAUSE OF THE
DETONATION OF THE BOMB
OUR HOSTAGE NEGOTIATOR DID AN
EXCEPTIONAL JOB GETTING THIS
SUSPEC TO TALK BEFORE H DIE
D
DURING THE HOURS OF NEGOTIATING
THAT EVENTUALLY BROKE DOWN.
I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF
THE COMMENTS FROM THE SUSPEC
THE SUSPECT SAID HE WAS UPSET
ABOUT BLACK LIVES MATTER.
HE SAID HE WAS UPSET ABOUT THE
RECENT POLICE SHOOTINGS.
THE SUSPECT SAID HE WAS UPSET AT
WHITE PEOPLE.
THE SUSPECT STATED HE WANTED TO
KILL WHITE PEOPLE ESPECIALLY
WHIT OFFICERS.
THE SUSPECT STATED HE WILL
EVENTUALLY -- THAT WE WILL
EVENTUALLY FIND THEIEDs
.
THE SUSPECT STATED HE WAS NOT
AFFILIATED WITH ANY GROUPS AND
HE STATED THAT H DID THIS
ALONE.
THE SUSPECT SAID OTHER THINGS
THAT ARE PART OF THIS
INVESTIGATION SO THAT WE C
MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TRAGIC
EVENT IS BROUGHT T JUSTICE SO
AS THE MAYOR SAID WE WON'T
EXPAND ON ANY FURTHER ON WHAT
OTHER SUSPECTS WE HAVE
INTERVIEWED OR LOOKED AT OR
THEIR STATUS UNTIL WE GET
FURTHER INTO THIS INVESTIGATION
AND GET CLOSER TO A CONCLUSION
OF WHAT AND WHO ARE ALL
INVOLVED
BUT LET ME JUST SAY JUST SOME
CLOSIN COMMENTS ABOUT DALLA
POLICE OFFICERS AND D.A.R.T.
POLICE OFFICERS.
SOME OF THE BRAVEST MEN AND
WOMEN YOU'D EVER WANT TO BE
ASSOCIATED WITH.
YOU SEE VIDEO FOOTAGE AFTER
VIDEO FOOTAGE OF THEM RUNNING
TOWA GUNFIRE FROM AN ELEVATED
POSITION WITH NO CHANCE TO
PROTECT THEMSELVES AND TO PUT
THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY TO MAKE
SU CITIZENS CAN GET TO A PLA
OF SECURITY.
SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN APPLAUDING
THESE BRAVE M AND WOMEN WHO DO
THIS JOB UNDER GREAT SCRUTINY,
UNDER GREAT VULNERABILITY, WHO
LITERA
LITERALLY RISK THEIR LIVES TO
PROTECT O DEMOCRACY.
WE DON'T FEEL MUCH SUPPORT MOS
DAY
DAYS.
LET'S N MAKE TODAY MOS DAYS.
PLEASE, WE NEE YOUR SUPPORT TO
BE ABLE TO PROTECT YOU FROM MEN
LIKE THESE WHO CARRIED OUT THIS
TRAGIC, TRAGIC EVENT.
PRAY FOR THESE FAMILIES.
I SPOKE WITH THE FAMILIES OF THE
DECEASED AND T INJURE
D.
THEY ARE NOT HAVING A GOOD TIME
TRYING TO DEAL, ABSORB THIS,
TRYING T UNDERSTAND WHY, AND
THEY NEED YOUR PRAYERS, SO
PLEASE JOIN US IN HELPI US
COMFORT THE GRIEVING OFFICERS
FAMILIES AND I TRUST THAT SOON
BECAUSE WE' WORKING VERY
DILIGENTLY IN PROCESSING THE
CRIME SCENE TO FIND EVIDENCE TO
BRING ANY OTHER SUSPECTS TO
JUSTICE THAT WERE A PART OF
THIS, BUT PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR
STRENGTH THROUGH THIS TRYING
TIME.
THANK YO
>> I WANT TO A THAT THERE ARE
PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIA THAT
PROTECT OUR CITIES AND OUR
INSTITUTIONS A ACROSS AMERICA
EVERY DAY THAT AREN'T POLICE
OFFICERS, AND WE LOST ONE OF
THOSE LAST NIGHT, D.A.R.T.
OFFICER WAS ONE OF T VICTIMS
AND I WANT TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT
AND SAY THE PROFESSIONALISM THE
D.A.R.T. ORGANIZATION WAS GREAT
AND I APPRECIAT BETTER SCHOO
POLICE OFFICERS, CAMPUS COLLE
POLICE OFFICERS STANDING
SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH OUR
POLICE OFFICERS AND THAT'S THE
WAY WE WORK.
CHIEF BROWN TOLD THE VICTIMS'
FAMILIES LAST NIGHT AND HIS
POLICE OFFICERS THAT HE WAS A
MAN OF FAITH AND I AM A MAN OF
FAITH TOO AND THAT WE NEED
PRAYERS AND PRAYER IS GOOD SO
TODAY AT 12:00 AT THANKSGIVING
SQUARE, A LEADERSHIP GROUP OF
INTERFAITH MINISTERS WILL BE
LEADING US IN THAT PRAYER.
I WOULD ASK THAT IF YOU'RE AT
YOUR HOME OR A YOUR OFFICE OR
AT YOUR SCHOOL TO JOIN US TODAY
AT NOON IN THAT SPIRIT OF PRAYER
TO BRING OUR CITY TOGETHER AND
OUR COUNTRY TOGETHER TO HEAL
WOUNDS, NOT CREATE THEM.
THANK YOU.
>> ANY QUESTIONS THAT WERE NOT
OFF LIMI
YEAH
>> THE INJURED OFFICERS HAVE,
MOST OF THEM HAVE BEEN RELEASED.
THERE ARE SOME THAT WILL NEE
FOLLOW-UP.
I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO DETAIL
OF WHAT TYPES OF INJURIES.
THEIR FAMILIES ARE BEING VERY
PRIVATE FOR OBVIOUS REASONS
RIGHT NOW BUT, AGAIN, EXCUSE ME,
WHAT'S THE QUESTION?
I'M SORRY.
>> CRITICAL --
>> CRITICAL OR ARE THEY DOING
BETTER.
>> YES, THEY'RE DOING BETTER.
SOME HAVE BEEN RELEASED.
SOME OF THEIR STATUSES, THEY'RE
STILL NEEDING MORE TREATMENT.
BUT THEY'RE BEING VERY PRIVATE
ABOUT ANY FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT
THEIR HEALTH.
>> CHIEF, THE DEPARTMENT HAS
WORKED WITH THE COMMUNITY O
RELATIONS.
COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT AND COME
BACK TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS --
>> SO, WE HAVE TO BE RIGHT 100%
OF THE TIME IN THE WAY WE POLICE
THIS CITY, SUSPECTS LIKE THIS
HAVE TO BE RIGHT ONCE.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORK VERY
HARD TO DO COWARDLY ACTS LIKE
THIS TO SNIPE AT OUR OFFICERS
FROM ELEVATED POSITIONS AND TO
AMBUSH THEM FROM SECRETED
POSITIONS AROUND CORNERS.
ALL THAT HARD WORK IS NOT FOR
NAUGHT.
THIS CITY HAS SHOWN GREAT
SUPPORT FOR THIS POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL HAV
SUPPORTED THIS DEPARTMENT AND
OFFICERS AND EXPECT THAT TO
CONTINUE AND THIS COMMUNITY, I'M
BORN AND RAISED HERE, DALLAS IS
A GREAT CITY.
OUR OFFICERS WILL CONTINUE TO
PUT THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY TO
PROTECT THESE GRE CITIZENS SO
IT'S WORTHWHILE.
>> I WANT TO BRAG JUST FOR
SECOND FOR -- IF ANYBODY HASN'T
HEARD U SAY THIS, THIS POLICE
DEPARTME TRAINED IN
DE-ESCALATION FAR BEFORE CITIES
ACROSS AMERICA DID IT.
WE ARE ONE OF THE PREMIERE
COMMUNITY POLICING CITIES IN THE
COUNTRY A THIS YEAR WE HAVE
THE FEWEST POLICE
OFFICER-RELATED SHOOTINGS THAN
ANY LARGE CITY IN AMERICA.
SO WE ARE WORKING HARD TO
IMPROVE AND THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM
FOR IMPROVEMENT, BUT WE ARE BEST
IN CLASS, WE FEEL.
>> WELL SAID
>> NO, I'M NOT GOING TO BE
SATISFIED UNTIL WE HAVE TURNED
OVER EVERY STONE.
WE'VE GOT SOME LEVEL THAT THIS
ONE SUSPECT DID DO SOME OF THE
SHOOTING BUT WE'RE NOT SATISFIED
THAT WE'VE EXHAUSTED EVERY LEAD
AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE
SATISFIED TILL EVERY LEAD IS
EXHAUSTED SO IF THERE'S SOMEONE
OUT THERE THAT WAS ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS, WE WILL FIND YOU AND
WE WILL PROSECUTE YOU AND WE
WILL BRING YOU T JUSTICE.
>> AS OF RIGHT NOW IS THERE --
>> WE'RE NOT COUNTING OR
EXPANDING ON WHO OR HOW MANY.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THESE
SUSPEC GUESSING.
>> CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE FIRST
FOCUS MEETING O OFFICERS IN --
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT
>> I'M GOING TO LET CHIEF BROWN
MAKE ANY STRATEG DECISION
S,
BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR
CITIZENS TO REALIZE THAT WE WAN
TO GIVE EVERYBODY THEIR FREEDOM
OF SPEECH.
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH SEVERAL
PROTESTS IN THE LAST FIVE OR SIX
YEARS AND THEY'VE ALL GONE IN A
SAFE MANNER.
BUT THE CHIEF MAKES DECISION
S AT
TIMES THA PEOPLE COULD B
CRITICAL OF, DO Y DE-ESCALATE
TOO MUCH?
DO YOU PUT TOO MUCH BODY ARMOR
ON?
IF WE'RE ALL BEING CRITICAL OF
THOSE THINGS, JUST THINK ABOUT
TODAY.
THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE RISKING IF
YOU DON'T D IT RIGHT AND SO
FROM A POLICY STANDPOINT WE
AR -- WE BELIEVE -- IN THE
RIGHT TO PROTEST PEACEFULLY AND
THESE WER PEACEFUL PROTESTS
TILL THIS HAPPENED.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO BELIEVE IN
KEEPING OUR POLICE OFFICERS SAFE
AND I KNOW I'M GOING TO REDOUBLE
MY EFFORTS ON THAT
>> HOW DOES THIS CHANGE THE WAY
IN WHICH POLICE OFFICERS WILL
ARM THEMSELVES AND PROTECT
THEMSELVES IN THE STREET?
>> AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO EXPAND
ON THE MAYOR'S COMMENTS.
POLICE OFFICERS ARE GUARDIANS OF
THIS GREAT DEMOCRACY, THE
FREEDOM TO PROTEST, THE FREEDOM
OF SPEECH, THE FREEDOM FOR
EXPRESSION.
ALL FREEDOMS WE FIGHT FOR WITH
OUR LIVES.
IT'S WHAT MAKES US WHO WE ARE AS
AMERICANS.
AND SO WE RISK OUR LIVES FOR
THOSE RIGHTS AND SO WE WAN
MILITARY TERRORIZED OUR POLICING
STANDARDS, BUT WE WILL DO IT IN
A MUCH SAFER WAY EVERY TIME LIKE
WE CHOSE TO DO IT THIS TIME.
WE HAD AN ADEQUATE AMOUNT OF
OFFICERS A THIS SCENE AND WE
WERE BLOCKING TRAFFIC AND DOING
ALL THE THINGS TO PROTECT
PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO PROTEST, AND
THEIR FREE SPEECH.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET COWARD
WHO WOULD AMBUS POLICE OFFICERS
CHANGE OUR DEMOCRACY.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT.
OUR CITY, OUR COUNTRY IS BETTER
THAN THA
>> JUST TO FOLLOW UP O THAT
ISSU
ISSUE, THE RECOR RESPONSE -
>> CAN YOU SAY AT ALL THAT THIS
WAS SOMEONE WHO WAS HAVING SOME
MENTAL STABILITY PROBLEMS AND
JU LOOKING FOR AN OPENING T
REACT OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT
ORGANIZ
ORGANIZED -- CAN YOU TALK ABOUT
THAT.
>> ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS WOULD
JUST BE SPECULATION TO ANSWER.
WE CAN'T GET INTO THE HEAD OF A
PERSON THAT WOULD DO SOMETHING
LIKE THIS.
WE NEGOTIATED WITH THIS PERSON.
THEY SEEMED LUCID DURING THE
NEGOTIATION.
HE WANTED TO KIL OFFICERS.
AND HE EXPRESSED KILLI WHITE
PEOPLE, HE EXPRESSED KILLING
WHITE OFFICERS.
HE EXPRESSED ANGER FOR BLA
LIVES MATTER.
NONE OF THAT MAKES SENSE.
NONE OF THAT IS A REASON, A
LEGITIMATE REASON TO DO HAR TO
ANYONE, SO THE REST OF IT WOULD
JUST BE SPECULATING ON WHAT HIS
MOTIVATIONS WERE.
WE JUST KNOW WHAT HE SAID.
THAT'S WHAT HE SAID TO OUR
NEGOTIATORS.
>> HEY, GUY, THANK YOU.
WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO