Others and two civilians injured, one gunman opened fire during the peaceful protest over Deadly Police shootings of black men in louisiana and minnesota. This was a well planned, well thought out, evil tragedy. Reporter one suspect identified as 25 year ole mica johnson engaged in a long gun battle with police. He was killed by a robot delivered police bomb. Johnson lid the dallas suburb of mesquite. A decorated first class with the Army Reserves that served in afghanistan before killed, johnson told negotiators he acted alone. 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, reporter much of the area around the shooting remains blocked off. The citys mayor spoke with president obama who promised federal support if needed. There is no possible justification for these kind of attacks or violence against Law Enforcement. Reporter the citys police chief made a personal appeal. We are hurting
All human. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Reporting tonight from dallas. The gunmen and engaged them in a firefight. Seconds later, the officer was hit, and the gunman fled. The shooting started at about 8 45 p. M. Central time just as the peaceful protest was ending. Chants turned to screams as the crowd ran for cover. Eyewitnesses reported shots coming from above. We started telling people to go back that way. We have a guy with a long rifle we dont know where the hell hes at. Weve got one more shooter out here. Theres one on the wall with the rifle hanging out. [ gunfire ] pelley throughout the shooting, the gunman continued to target police. In the chaos, officers ran to the aid of fallen colleagues. The suspect then fled to a say he shot through windows and doors to gain access and eventually holed up on the second floor of this campus building. It was there that police attempted to negotiate with 25yearold Micah Xavier Johnson an army
Were tracking everything hour by hour. Approximate depending on where you live, the weather conditions are going to be really different. Nothing happening currently. I think the rest of the day, at least the day lie hours are going to be fine. Theres a live look right now. Our skycam overlooking the downtown. The wider picture shows whats happening. What we are looking at is to our south and east. Shape here moving north and east. Here it is. A may jay jor winter storm. This is indicating winter storms and Winter Weather the area in purple, dover included in that. It looks like accumulations could easily reach half a foot by tomorrow morning. Were going to break down for what i expect where and when coming up in just a moment. For now, temperatures in the 30s with a few light snow showers. Leon . Thank you, jason. The political road will make a stop in cleveland. Megashaw has a preview of todays political event. Reporter preparations are underway here on clevelands east side. Chelsea c
North and wes of charlotte the last couple hours, didnt amount to much. The bigger batch is over central tennessee, northern alabama racing towards the carolinas, 250 miles off to our west. Temperatures as cold as they have been all day. Upper 20s to near 30 charlotte south, low 20s from i40 into the mountains where it is in the teens. The air is absolutely bone dry and will be a real battle going on between this dry air and the moisture coming in. A lot of it, now according to latest futurecast will be gobbled up before it reaches the ground. There is the risk of freezing rain for sure around the charlotte area through the morning drive but not necessarily a lot. The mountains, a mix of snow, sleet, and freezing rain first thing tomorrow morning. For the charlotte area it is more about the freezing rain and for more on what to expect on the roads, lets head to john ahrens outside. Reporter the dry air is automatically the first thing and when the wind comes it zips against your faces
Rubio, the Republican Party flatout split. Tomorrow, michigan votes and hillary must win big. The end of a great love story, ronald and nancy reagan, they loved each other and it showed. Well spend time remembering what they did for america and each other. Varney company is about to begin. If youre talking about the wall street bailout where some of your friends destroyed this economy. You know excuse me, im talking. Let me tell my story, you tell yours. I will. I dont give speeches to wall street for hundreds of thousands. He was against the auto bailout. I voted to save the auto industry. He voted against the money that ended up saving the auto industry. Oh. I think that is a pretty big difference. Stuart id say things got a little heated between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Ashley webster, i believe, watched this all the way through. Ashley all they did was criticize each other about things in the past, the auto bailout, the wall street bailout, they talked about Government S