.
A LOT OF NEW INFORMATION ABOUT
THE DEADLY AMBUSH OF POLICE IN
DALLAS.
MARCY GONZALEZ STANDING BY
WITH THE LATEST.
>> Reporter: RIGHT NOW POLICE
ARE SEARCHING ONE OF THE
SUSPECT'S HOME TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT HOW MANY OTHERS MAY
HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN PLANNING
AND CARRYING OUT THE DEADLY
AMBUSH HERE.
[SIRENS]
>> Reporter: CHAOS ON THE
STREETS OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS
OVERNIGHT.
>> SHOTS FIRED.
>> Reporter: AT LEAST FIVE
OFFICERS KILLED, NINE OTHER
OFFICERS AND CIVILIANS INJURE
OFFICERS AND CIVILIANS
INJURED.
WHEN POLICE SAY AT LEAST TWO
SNIPERS POSITIONED ABOVE WHAT
STARTED AS A PEACEFUL PROTEST
AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY TOOK
AIM.
[GUNSHOTS]
>> HE IS IN THE BUILDING RIGHT
THERE!
>> Reporter: SPECIFICALLY
TARGETING OFFICER.
>> HE SAID -- HE WAS UPSET
ABOUT THE RECENT POLICE
SHOOTINGS.
THE SUSPECT STATED HE WANTED
TO KILL WHITE PEOPLE,
ESPECIALLY WHITE OFFICERS.
>> Reporter: OFFICERS WITH NO
COVER FROM THE SPRAY OF
BULLETS FROM ABOVE RISKING
THEIR LIVES TO SAVE OTHERS.
THIS CHILL VIDEO SHOWING ONE'S
FINAL ACT OF BRAVERY TAKING ON
ONE OF THE SHOOTERS BEFORE HE
IS KILLED.
AMONG THE VICTIMS, 43-YEAR-OLD
TRANSIT OFFICER BRENT THOMPSO
TRANSIT OFFICER BRENT
THOMPSON, WHO GOT MARRIED JUST
TWO WEEKS AGO.
>> WE ARE HEARTBROKEN.
THERE ARE NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE
THE ATROCITY THAT OCCURRED TO
OUR CITY.
ALL I KNOW IS THIS -- THIS
MUST STOP.
>> Reporter: AFTER A STANDOFF,
POLICE KILLING ONE OF THE
GUNMEN, 25-YEAR-OLD MICAH
JOHNSON USING AN EGGS PLOSIVE
DEVICE.
THREE OTHER SUSPECTS TAKEN
INTO CUSTODY.
>> Reporter: ONE OF THE
SUSPECTS TELLING POLICE THAT
BOMBS WERE PLACED ALL OVER
THIS AREA.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY HAVE
FOUND NOTHING SO FAR, BUT PART
OF DOWNTOWN IS STILL SHUT DOWN
AS THEY SEARCH.
LIVE IN DALLAS, MARCY GONZALE
LIVE IN DALLAS, MARCY
GONZALEZ, ABC NEWS.
NOW BACK TO YOU.
>>> RIGHT NOW, YOU ARE LOOKING
AT LIVE PICTURES OUT OF
WASHINGTON D.C. WHERE AT ANY
MOMENT WE ARE AWAITING THE
BEGINNING OF THE NEWS
CONFERENCE BY ATTORNEY GENERAL
LORETTA LYNCH TO DISCUSS WHAT
IS HAPPENING IN DALLAS AND
THIS PART OF THE
INVESTIGATION, WE WILL BRING
THAT TO YOU AS SOON AS IT
BEGINS RIGHT HERE ON LOCAL 10.
>>> WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT
THE OFFICERS WHO WERE KILLED
IN THAT AMBUSH.
WE CONTINUE OUR TEAM COVERAGE
WITH LOCAL 10 REPORTER SANELA
SABOVIC LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM.
SANELA?
>> Reporter: ERIC, AGAIN, FIVE
OFFICERS WERE AMBUSHED ON THE
DEADLIEST ATTACK ON LAW
ENFORCEMENT SINCE 9/11.
SEVEN OTHER INJURIES WERE
INJURED.
THE FIRST SLAIN OFFICER IS
THOMPSON.
HE WAS THE FIRST OFFICER
KILLED IN A THANK AGENCY'S
LINE OF DUTY.
THOMPSON RECENTLY GOT MARRIED
TO A FELLOW TRANSIT OFFICER
JUST TWO WEEKS AGO.
DART'S CHIEF SAID THAT
THOMPSON WILL BE MISSED AND
HIS FAMILY WILL BE CARED FOR.
THE ATTACK HAPPENED AROUND THE
PARKING CELL GARAGE IN
DOWNTOWN.
GUNFIRE COULD BE HEARD INSIDE
OF THAT BUILDING.
LET'S GET YOU NOW TO CELL
PHONE VIDEO.
PATRICK COOPER WAS INSIDE WHEN
THE SHOOTING HAPPENED,
CAPTURING THIS VIDEO, BUT HE
DOES DESCRIBE WHAT HAPPENED
WHEN HE WAS INSIDE.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> I AM IN THE BATHROOM.
I CLOSE THE DOOR.
AND I TAKE A PEEK, AND I JUST
HEAR GUNSHOTS, AND THAT'S --
AND THEY TELL ME TO STAY
INSIDE.
AND THE LADIES WITH -- LADY
WITH ME, SHE IS TRYING TO
LEAVE.
I SAY STAY PUT.
KEEP CALM.
STAY PUT.
AND WAIT FOR FURTHER
INSTRUCTIONS.
BUT I NEVER JUST -- I NEVER
THOUGHT SOMETHING LIKE THIS
WOULD ACTUALLY HAPPEN.
>> Reporter: AGAIN FIVE
OFFICERS KILLED.
THE IDENTITY OF THE OTHER FOUR
OFFICERS HAVE NOT YET BEEN
RELEASED.
ONCE WE GET YOU THOSE NAMES,
WE WILL BRING THEM TO YOU
WITHIN THIS NEWSCAST AND
LOCAL10.COM.
IN THE NEWSROOM THIS AFTERNOO
IN THE NEWSROOM THIS
AFTERNOON, SANELA SABOVIC,
LOCAL 10 NEWS.
>> SANELA, WE WILL CHECK BACK
WITH YOU WHEN THE LATEST COMES
IN.
>>> DALLAS POLICE CHIEF DAVID
BROWN MADE BE A IMPASSIONED
PLEA FOR HIS POLICE OFFICERS
EARLIER TODAY.
>> DALLAS POLICE OFFICERS AND
DART POLICE OFFICERS, SOME OF
THE BRAVEST MEN AND WOMEN
WOULD YOU EVER WANT TO BE
ASSOCIATED WITH.
YOU SEE VIDEO FOOTAGE AFTER
VIDEO FOOTAGE OF THEM RUNNING
TOWARD GUNFIRE FROM AN
ELEVATED POSITION WITH NO
CHANCE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES
AND TO PUT THEMSELVES IN HAR
AND TO PUT THEMSELVES IN
HARM'S WAY TO MAKE SURE IT
CITIZENS CAN GET TO A PLACE OF
SECURITY.
THERE ARE NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE
THE ATROCITY THAT OCCURRED TO
OUR CITY.
ALL I KNOW IS THAT THIS --
THIS MUST STOP.
THIS DEVISIVENESS BETWEEN OUR
POLICE AND OUR CITIZENS.
>> Eric: AS WE HAVE REPORTED,
THE SUBJECT NOW IDENTIFIED AS
25-YEAR-OLD MICAH XAVIER
JOHNSON.
HE WAS ERESIDENTIALLY KILLED
AFTER A LONG STANDOFF WITH
POLICE.
DALLAS POLICE CONFIRMING THAT
JOHNSON WAS KILLED VIS GRAS AN
EXPLOSIVE DEVICE BY POLICE
ROBOT.
>>> PRESIDENT OBAMA SPOKE BY
POLAND SAYING NO JUSTIFICATION
ON ATTACKS BY POLICE OFFICERS.
HERE IS WHAT THE PRESIDENT HAD
TO SAY.
>> AS I TOLD MAYOR RAWLINGS, I
BELIEVE I SPEAK FOR EVERY SIN
BELIEVE I SPEAK FOR EVERY
SINGLE AMERICAN WHEN I SAY WE
ARE HORRIFIED OVER THESE
EVENTS AND WE STAND UNITED
WITH THE PEOPLE, AND POLICE
DEPARTMENT IN DALLAS.
ACCORDING TO POLICE, THERE ARE
MULTIPLE SUSPECTS.
WE WILL LEARN UNDOUBTEDLY
ABOUT THEIR TWISTED
MOTIVATIONS, BUT LET'S BE
CLEAR, THERE IS NO POSSIBLE
JUSTIFICATION FOR THESE KIND
OF ATTACKS OR ANY VIOLENCE
AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATES TWEETING THEIR
REACTION.
DONALD TRUMP SAYING PRAYERS
AND CONDOLENCES TO ALL OF THE
AUTHORITIES THAT ARE TESTIFY
STATED BY THE HORRORS.
HILLARY CLINTON TWEETING OUT
SAYING I MOURN FOR THE
OFFICERS SHOT DOING THEIR
SACRED DUTY TO PROTECT
PEACEFUL PROTESTERS, FOR THEIR
FAMILIES AND ALL THIS SERVED
THEM.
>>> MEMBERS OF THE U.S. HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES ARE REAC
OF REPRESENTATIVES ARE
REACTING TO THE DALLAS AMBUSH
AND RECENT TRAGEDY
AND RECENT TRAGEDIES, HOUSE
MINORITY LEADER NANCY PELOSI
HAD THIS TO SAY.
>> IN THE SPIRIT OF MARTIN
LUTHER KING, JR. AND WE MUST
CONTINUE TO WORK NONVIOLENCE
AND DEMAND AN EN END TO
SENSELESS KILLING EVERYWHERE.
>> Reporter: SPEAKER RYAN
SPEAKING EARLIER FROM THE
HOUSE FLOOR.
HE SAYS HE IS STUNNED BY THE
EVENTS LAST NIGHT IN DALLAS.
>> AN ATTACK ON THE PEOPLE WHO
PROTECT US IS AN ATTACK ON ALL
OF US.