Chief: Sniper shoots suspect in attack on Dallas police

DALLAS (AP) -- A sniper shot a cornered suspect in an overnight attack on Dallas police headquarters, and authorities were checking Saturday to see if he was alive or dead, the police chief said.

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The police sniper shot the man following a standoff of several hours in a restaurant parking lot in the suburb of Hutchins, where he had fled in a van after the early-morning shootout outside of police headquarters near downtown Dallas, Chief David Brown said at a news conference. Investigators found a package containing pipe bombs near the headquarters building and the suspect told police negotiators that he had "C4" explosives in the van, Brown said. The chief said police were using a camera-equipped robot to inspect the van and to try to determine if the suspect was alive or dead. More...

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