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Suspect shot in Dallas police HQ attack
View(s):DALLAS, June 13, 2015 (AFP) – Snipers shot and presumably killed a man Saturday after he attacked the police headquarters in Dallas and planted bombs in a dramatic rampage in the Texas city, though there were no known links to terrorism. Officers from the Dallas Police Department’s specialized SWAT unit shot the suspect through the front windshield of the armored van he used in his attack, then shortly afterward opened fire on the man, Police Chief David Brown said.
Police sent in a bomb disposal robot to examine the vehicle and determine whether the suspect was dead.“After the robot clears the van and we’re able to identify the deceased, what we believe is the deceased, inside the van,” technicians will collect evidence, Brown said. The apparent culmination of a stunning night of violence began just after midnight when a van, described by witnesses as an armored vehicle, rammed into police squad cars at the headquarters and someone inside opened fire.
Police had earlier suggested there may have been up to four suspects, but Brown said police now believed that only one suspect shot from different angles and positions. Brown said there was no connection to terrorism and that the incident stemmed from an issue surrounding custody of the suspect’s child.