Shots fired by the gunmen. One suspect in custody, another holed up in a high rise at this hour. He is exchanging sporadic firing with police, and claims there are bombs placed elsewhere. At this hour, mayor rawlings described the scene. This is still an active crime scene, and were determining how large this crime scene is. There are many people who work in the Downtown Dallas area. Were asking them to stay away from that area. Now how do you know where that is . Well post it on dallas city news net. And you can make sure that those buildings are open where you work. We have got to support our police force to do their job to make sure we get to the bottom and the root cause of all of this. So please, make it easy for the police force and other citizens to check your traffic routes in the morning before you you come in. I want to add that it is a heartbreaking morning to lose these four officers that proudly served our citizens. To say that our Police Officers put their lives on the li
Affiliated with any groups, and he stated that he did this alone. All right. So were going to have more on the Police Tactic used to kill the gunman coming up. Also this morning, president obama speaking from poland, where he is there to attend the nato summit. Speaking directly about dallas. I believe that i speak for every single american when i say that we are horrified over these events, and that we stand united with the people, and the Police Department in dallas. Lets be clear. There is no possible justification for these kinds of attacks. Or any violence against Law Enforcement. I would ask all americans to say a prayer for these officers and their families. Keep them in their in your thoughts. And as a nation, lets remember to express our profound gratitude to our men and women in blue, not just today, but every day. So far, one of the officers killed has been identified. He was Brent Thompson, part of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Police force, known as d. A. R. T. Now the may
Cnn he believes the shooter had a bigger and deadlier assault for the city. The chief describing the killer as obviously delusioniol and singing to himself. Ed lavandera has more. Reporter david brown provided the most chilling and descriptive details from last thursday night. The chief says after the shooting erupted, his officers starting following Micah Johnson into the El Centro College building and following him in a stairwell in the second floor the chief says johnson wrote on the ground or wall with his own blood the initials r. B. The officials are trying to figure that out there. There is other writing in his own blood. The chief says that johnson requested that he would only speak with a black negotiator at the scene. All of this while Micah Johnson continued to fire rounds at the officers at the scene. The police chief describes Micah Johnson as under control and delusional. Asking about how many of the officers he had been able to kill throughout all of that scene. The pol
Danger . Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Practically on the heels of the tragedy in texas, the deadliest day for Law Enforcement in almost 15 years, two more lawmen were shot to death this afternoon, this time inside a michigan courthouse. The victims were bailiffs at the st. Joseph. In addition a sheriffs deputy was wounded before the gunman was killed. It happened as the country closely reflects on the ambush in dallas and the dangers faced by all those who carry a badge. Nbcs ron mott has the breaking details. Reporter as officers secure the scene outside the barrien county courthouse, the search was under way inside for the suspected gunman. It was shortly before 2 30 this afternoon on the third floor of the building, a shooting outside of a courtroom, three dead including the shooter. Nbc news has learned from Law Enforcement sources that the suspect was due in court for
Summit overseas. He spoke last night before this happened about the violence in minnesota and in louisiana, but again, the shootings took place overnight. President obama to address this shortly. The business of nato will take a backseat to this. As soon as he gets to the podium, we will bring it to you. Lets begin our coverage in dallas. We have sara sidner with breaking details. Sara. Reporter chris, the scene here is still an active one. We are still seeing lots of Police Officers behind me. If you will look, you can see the lights flashing. This is main street. We are in the middle of downtown. The bank of america building with the big green lights behind me. Just a couple blocks down is El Centro College. The parking garage and building. What we hear from witnesses are large flash bangs and s. W. A. T. Teams were going in and they saw bombsniffing dog going in. That is where they believe the shoot errer or shooters are at time. We are waiting to hear if they are able to neutralize