One Dallas police officer is dead and two others are injured following a shootout with a suspect who had fatally shot an officer in his marked patrol car, in what law enforcement officials are calling an execution.
He approached Dallas Police Officer Darron Burks, who was in his car parked near the front entrance of the building, and began recording their conversation, according to a release from the Dallas Police Department.
Cobb-Bey then pulled out a handgun and “executed” Burks as he sat in his vehicle, Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia said during a news conference.
“Cobb-Bey approached officer Burks, talked with him briefly through the driver’s side window as he recorded the encounter with a cell phone,” Garcia said.
“The suspect then pulled out a handgun and executed officer Burks as he sat in his vehicle.”.
The suspect fled the scene in a vehicle and Dallas police officers followed in pursuit, which ended in Lewisville, north of Dallas.
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