Officers killed in Dallas police ambush honored at ceremony
Eight years ago Sunday, five officers were shot and killed in downtown Dallas after a peaceful Black Lives Matter protest.
Eight years ago Sunday, five officers were shot and killed in downtown Dallas after a peaceful Black Lives Matter protest.
A public event to honor the officers will take place Monday at 10 a.m. at Dallas College El Centro Campus.
For the families of those officers, these seven years have been a time of excruciating pain and small steps toward healing.
Seven years ago, then Dallas police officer and department spokesperson Monica Cordova, was one of the officers tasked with relaying real time information about the deadly ambush.
Based on law enforcement sources and eyewitness accounts from that evening, here's a timeline of what took place in downtown Dallas the night of July 7, 2016.
Friday marks seven years since the tragic day in Dallas where five officers lost their lives after a lone gunman ambushed them down after a peaceful protest.
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It has been five years -- to the day -- since the 2016 ambush on police officers in downtown Dallas. It was on that evening when five officers were killed.
Today marks five years since one of the saddest days in Dallas history -- when five police officers were ambushed, shot and killed while working downtown.
On Friday, Valerie Zamarripa, the mother of one of the fallen officers, Patrick Zamarripa, woke up early and brought breakfast to the Dallas Police Southwest Sub-Station.
"You can't bring awareness to a negative action with another negative action," said Carlos Zamarripa, brother of fallen Dallas officer Patrick Zamarripa,
Fallen Dallas Police Officer Patrick Zamarripa would have turned 36 on Thursday, but instead his family is celebrating his memory.
On the third anniversary of the deadly attack on the city of Dallas, five officers who lost their lives are being honored so that they may never be forgotten.
The city of Dallas is preparing to remember the five police officers shot and killed during an ambush downtown on July 7, 2016.
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Events that included a motorcycle ride, 5K race and a fundraiser marked the two-year anniversary of the July 7, 2016 ambush that killed five Dallas officers.
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Once inside, the thieves went straight for the Pokemon cards.
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Once inside, the thieves went straight for the Pokemon cards.
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