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DALLAS – It has been nine years since the ambush in Downtown Dallas that left five police officers dead. The shooting happened during an otherwise peaceful Black Lives Matter protest in July 2016.
During a news conference on Monday, July 7, 2025, Rob Kyker, retired Texas Police Commissioner said, “We’re here today to remember and make a promise that we will never forget. The promise was made at three o’clock in the morning on the eighth.”
Downtown Dallas Ambush 2016
The backstory:
Dallas Police Department officers Lorne Ahrens, Michael Krol, Michael Smith, Patrick Zamarripa, and Dallas Area Rapid Transit Officer Brent Thompson were killed.
MORE: July 7, 2016 Downtown Dallas Police Ambush Coverage
Police used a robot and explosives to kill the shooter, who was found hiding on Dallas College’s El Centro campus.
Back on that fateful night, there was a DART bus driver who rescued dozens of protesters trapped near the shootout.
This FOX 4 documentary details our coverage of the ambush attack in 2016 that killed 5 officers and injured a dozen others in Downtown Dallas. Cpl. Lorne Ahrens, Officer Michael Krol, Sgt. Michael Smith, DART Officer Brent Thompson and Officer Patricio “Patrick” Zamarripa were killed in the attack.
The five officers’ names are forever etched into the side of a police memorial, honoring all of our fallen officers.
The Source: Information in this article is from previous FOX 4 News coverage.
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