DALLAS (AP) – 11:25 a.m. (CDT)
Authorities are using a camera-equipped robot to check whether the suspect in an early-morning attack on Dallas police headquarters is dead in his van.
Police spokesman Maj. Max Geron said on the Dallas department’s Twitter account Saturday that it is likely the suspect is dead, but that it can’t be confirmed until officers can move in.
Police Chief David Brown said a police sniper shot the suspect shortly after 5 a.m. while he was holed up in his van in a parking lot in the suburb of Hutchins. He said officers hadn’t heard from the man for several hours since.
Brown says the suspect opened fire on Dallas police headquarters at around 12:30 a.m. and shot several squad cars before taking off in the van. Nobody was hurt or killed except for the suspect.