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Elsewhere around the world, panic ensued in Dallas, Texas, where eleven police officers were shot during a protest
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against the recent police shootings of two African Americans in the last three days
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The police are closing in on the snipers, but many of the details are still unknown
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Oh Soo-Young reports. Five policemen have been shot dead, and
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six other officers wounded during a mass rally in Dallas, Texas over the fatal police shootings of two African American men this week
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Around 9 p.m. local time, a group of snipers opened fire from elevated positions, hitting 11 officers
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"I was walking and the snipers just started shooting, man. Like, all of the cops were
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getting shot, man. I just saw cops bending over, man. There had to be like five or six
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cops. They were all getting shot down, man"
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According to Dallas Police Chief David Brown, it's unclear how many gunmen there were but
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three suspects are currently in custody, and the fourth was cornered by officers at a
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downtown garage. One suspect was arrested after a shootout
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with authorities, and a suspicious package discovered nearby was secured and inspected
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by a bomb squad, according to the police. Another suspect turned himself in after his
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picture was posted on Twitter by the police, calling the man a "person of interest"
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He was later released after questioning. The police also said, an individual spotted
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with a camouflage bag had thrown it into a vehicle before driving off at high speed
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Both occupants of the car were detained
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The incident comes amid mounting public outrage over Wednesday's shooting of Philando Castile
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the second black American to be shot and killed by police this week.
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Castile's fiancee, who was with him in the car at the time, said he'd been shot four
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or five times "for no reason," as he moved to take out his license and registration
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She streamed his final moments on Facebook as he slumped, bleeding, against the driver's
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seat. As the video circulated, thousands took to
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the streets in protest across the country, in Washington, D.C., New York, Philadelphia
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and Minnesota. According to data from the Washington Post
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more than 500 people have been shot to death by police this year
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Castile is believed to be the 123rd African American among them to have met this fate
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Oh Soo-Young, Arirang News.