Photos: Shots fired at Dallas protest over fatal police shootings

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Photos: Shooting at Dallas protest leaves five officers dead

Shots were fired Thursday, July 7, 2016, during a Dallas protest over two recent fatal police shootings of black men.

July 8, 2016 - Sgt. Amanda Renteria, left, and partner Sgt. Laura Browning, squatting, place flowers on a memorial of flowers, gifts and cards covering Dallas patrol cars in front of the Dallas Police department headquarters in Dallas, Texas, on Friday, July 8, 2016. Five officers were killed, six officers wounded along with two civilians were shot by suspected sniper Micah Johnson. RODOLFO GONZALEZ / AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN

July 8, 2016 -The American, Texas and Dallas city flag fly at half staff in front of the Dallas Police Headquarters in Dallas, Texas, on Friday, July 8, 2016. Five officers were killed, six officers wounded along with two civilians were shot by suspected sniper Micah Johnson. RODOLFO GONZALEZ / AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN

July 8, 2016 - Phillip Frazier, left, and Katherine Person, center, (women on right did not give name) pray together as they pay their respects at a memorial of flowers, gifts and cards placed on Dallas patrol cars in front of the Dallas Police department headquarters in Dallas, Texas, on Friday, July 8, 2016. Five officers were killed, six officers wounded along with two civilians were shot by suspected sniper Micah Johnson. RODOLFO GONZALEZ / AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN

July 8, 2016 - Salena Solis, of Dallas, places flowers on a patrol care paying respect at a memorial of flowers, gifts and cards placed on Dallas patrol cars in front of the Dallas Police department headquarters in Dallas, Texas, on Friday, July 8, 2016. Five officers were killed, six officers wounded along with two civilians were shot by suspected sniper Micah Johnson. RODOLFO GONZALEZ / AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN

July 8, 2016 - Dallas police officer Mike Bono, off duty, pays his respect at a memorial of flowers, gifts and cards placed on Dallas patrol cars in front of the Dallas Police department headquarters in Dallas, Texas, on Friday, July 8, 2016. Five officers were killed, six officers wounded along with two civilians were shot by suspected sniper Micah Johnson. RODOLFO GONZALEZ / AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN

July 8, 2016 - Andrea Johnson, of Dallas, left, prays with his twin children, James, 14, and Jamaya, 14, as they pay their respects at a memorial of flowers, gifts and cards placed on Dallas patrol cars in front of the Dallas Police department headquarters in Dallas, Texas, on Friday, July 8, 2016. Five officers were killed, six officers wounded along with two civilians were shot by suspected sniper Micah Johnson. RODOLFO GONZALEZ / AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN

July 8, 2016 - Dallas police officers Asia Shaw, right, hugs and comforts her partner, Tameka Currie, left, near a memorial of flowers, gifts and cards placed on Dallas patrol cars in front of the Dallas Police department headquarters in Dallas, Texas, on Friday, July 8, 2016. Five officers were killed, six officers wounded along with two civilians were shot by suspected sniper Micah Johnson. RODOLFO GONZALEZ / AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN

July 8, 2016 - Carolyn Tillett, right, rights on a card as her mother, Azucena Tillett, left, looks on as they pay their respects at a memorial of flowers, gifts and cards placed on Dallas patrol cars in front of the Dallas Police department headquarters in Dallas, Texas, on Friday, July 8, 2016. Five officers were killed, six officers wounded along with two civilians were shot by suspected sniper Micah Johnson. RODOLFO GONZALEZ / AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN

July 8, 2016 - Dallas police officer, S. McGee, center, is hugged by Chicago police officer, Cyrus Martinez, back, as David Kusnierek, left, and off duty Dallas police officer, Mike Bono, right, look on near a memorial of flowers, gifts and cards placed on Dallas patrol cars in front of the Dallas Police department headquarters in Dallas, Texas, on Friday, July 8, 2016. Five officers were killed, six officers wounded along with two civilians were shot by suspected sniper Micah Johnson. RODOLFO GONZALEZ / AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN

July 8, 2016 - Alex Sosa, and his son, Alex, Jr., 8 walk away from a memorial after placing cards on a memorial of flowers, gifts and cards covering Dallas patrol cars in front of the Dallas Police department headquarters in Dallas, Texas, on Friday, July 8, 2016. Five officers were killed, six officers wounded along with two civilians were shot by suspected sniper Micah Johnson. RODOLFO GONZALEZ / AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN

July 8, 2016 - Jared Pereira, puts his hands on a Dallas patrol car, and prays at a memorial of flowers, gifts and cards covering Dallas patrol cars in front of the Dallas Police department headquarters in Dallas, Texas, on Friday, July 8, 2016. Five officers were killed, six officers wounded along with two civilians were shot by suspected sniper Micah Johnson. RODOLFO GONZALEZ / AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN

July 8, 2016 - Sgt. Amanda Renteria, and partner Sgt. Laura Browning (not in photo) place flowers on a memorial of flowers, gifts and cards covering Dallas patrol cars in front of the Dallas Police department headquarters in Dallas, Texas, on Friday, July 8, 2016. Five officers were killed, six officers wounded along with two civilians were shot by suspected sniper Micah Johnson. RODOLFO GONZALEZ / AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN

Two Dallas police cruisers parked outside the Dallas police headquarters serve as memorials for the five officers killed Thursday July 7, 2016, after the peaceful Black Lives Matter march turned violent. A gunman shot into the crowd targeting police officers. Tony Plohetski/AMERICAN-STATESMAN

In this still image from video provided by NBC DFW, police officers salute their fallen peers outside Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, where several officers were transported after shootings at a protest late Thursday, July 7, 2016. Five Dallas police officers were fatally shot and seven others wounded during a protest over the deaths of black men killed by police this week in Louisiana and Minnesota. It was the deadliest day for U.S. law enforcement since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. (NBC DFW via AP)

Lt. Gov. Patrick has issued the following order lowering flags to half-staff immediately through Tuesday, July 12, 2016, for the slain peace officers in Dallas. RICARDO B. BRAZZIELL/AMERICAN-STATESMAN

Lt. Gov. Patrick has issued the following order lowering flags to half-staff immediately through Tuesday, July 12, 2016, for the slain peace officers in Dallas. RICARDO B. BRAZZIELL/AMERICAN-STATESMAN

An investigator walks the scene of a shooting in downtown Dallas, Friday, July 8, 2016. Snipers opened fire on police officers in the heart of Dallas during protests over two recent fatal police shootings of black men. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Al Smith, a city of Houston employee, lowers the flags in front of the Houston Police Memorial at Memorial Park to half staff, Friday, July 8, 2016, in Houston, in response to five police officers who were fatally shot during what began as a peaceful protest in Dallas the night before. (Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Flowers are left at Jack Evans Police Headquarters in Dallas on Friday July 8, 2016. Snipers opened fire on police officers in the heart of Dallas during protests over two recent fatal police shootings of black men. (Nathan Hunsinger/The Dallas Morning News via AP) /The Dallas Morning News via AP)

Noelle Hendrix places flowers near the scene of a shooting in downtown Dallas, Friday, July 8, 2016. Snipers opened fire on police officers in the heart of Dallas during protests over two recent fatal police shootings of black men. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

A person rides a bike under the Texas State, U.S. and City of Dallas flags flown at half-staff at Bank of America Plaza in honor of the police officers killed by snipers in Dallas, Friday, July 8, 2016. Snipers opened fire on police officers in the heart of Dallas during protests over two recent fatal police shootings of black men. (Jae S. Lee /The Dallas Morning News via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT; MAGS OUT; TV OUT; INTERNET USE BY AP MEMBERS ONLY; NO SALES

Investigators document the crime scene outside El Centro College in Dallas on Friday, July 8, 2016, where a sniper killed five police officers and wounded seven others during a protest over recent police shootings in Minnesota and Louisiana Thursday night. (Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Investigators comb through the crime scene riddled with bullets at El Centro College in Dallas on Friday, July 8, 2016, where a sniper killed five police officers and wounded seven others during a protest over recent police shootings in Minnesota and Louisiana Thursday night. (Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

One of two bullet holes in a Dallas police squad car at Elm and Market Streets, less than a block from the parking garage in Dallas. (Paul Moseley/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/TNS)

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July 8, 2016 - Sgt. Amanda Renteria, left, and partner Sgt. Laura Browning, squatting, place flowers on a memorial of flowers, gifts and cards covering Dallas patrol cars in front of the Dallas Police department headquarters in Dallas, Texas, on Friday, July 8, 2016. Five officers were killed, six officers wounded along with two civilians were shot by suspected sniper Micah Johnson. RODOLFO GONZALEZ / AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN

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