Post by Admin on Jul 8, 2016 15:49:46 GMT -4
One of the Dallas officers killed in an ambush-style attack overnight got married just two weeks ago to a fellow officer. Another was the father of a toddler daughter. A third had been a police officer in Michigan.
These and other details are emerging about the officers killed by sniper fire overnight during a protest in Dallas against police brutality. Five police officers were killed in the shooting, including a Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) officer.
At least three other transit officers who were injured in the shooting have also been identified.
Officer Brent Thompson, 43, was the city's first mass-transit officer killed in the line of duty since DART's formation in 1989. He joined the department in 2009, according to a statement released by the agency.
Thompson was a newlywed, according to the agency's chief, James Spiller. "I talked with him shortly after his marriage," he told ABC News. "He was a great officer, doing those things that we expect of police officers and this particular case doing what he was supposed to be doing β monitoring the protest as well as taking care of our customers at our transit center."
Two other officers killed in the shooting have not yet been publicly identified.
Three other DART officers were injured, including Omar Cannon, 44; Misty McBride, 32; and Jesus Retana, 39.
Spiller said the injured officers were "doing great" and that one has been released from the hospital.
"We've just received an outpouring of support throughout the North Texas region, the state of Texas, throughout the United States, as well as looking at Canada and looking at London, England, from members of the police profession," he told ABC News. "We still have our heads held high, but we've taken a gut punch."
Spiller said that officers escorted Thompson's body to a funeral home.
"As you can imagine, our hearts are broken," DART said in a statement. "This is something that touches every part of our organization. We have received countless expressions of support and sympathy from around the world through the evening. We are grateful for every message. Thank you."
These and other details are emerging about the officers killed by sniper fire overnight during a protest in Dallas against police brutality. Five police officers were killed in the shooting, including a Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) officer.
At least three other transit officers who were injured in the shooting have also been identified.
Officer Brent Thompson, 43, was the city's first mass-transit officer killed in the line of duty since DART's formation in 1989. He joined the department in 2009, according to a statement released by the agency.
Thompson was a newlywed, according to the agency's chief, James Spiller. "I talked with him shortly after his marriage," he told ABC News. "He was a great officer, doing those things that we expect of police officers and this particular case doing what he was supposed to be doing β monitoring the protest as well as taking care of our customers at our transit center."
Two other officers killed in the shooting have not yet been publicly identified.
Three other DART officers were injured, including Omar Cannon, 44; Misty McBride, 32; and Jesus Retana, 39.
Spiller said the injured officers were "doing great" and that one has been released from the hospital.
"We've just received an outpouring of support throughout the North Texas region, the state of Texas, throughout the United States, as well as looking at Canada and looking at London, England, from members of the police profession," he told ABC News. "We still have our heads held high, but we've taken a gut punch."
Spiller said that officers escorted Thompson's body to a funeral home.
"As you can imagine, our hearts are broken," DART said in a statement. "This is something that touches every part of our organization. We have received countless expressions of support and sympathy from around the world through the evening. We are grateful for every message. Thank you."