The 2016 shooting of Dallas police officers is the deadliest single incident for law enforcement officers in the US since the September 11 , 2001 , attacks . On July 7 , 2016 , Micah Xavier Johnson ambushed and fired upon a group of Dallas Police Department ( DPD ) and one Dallas Area Rapid Transit ( DART ) officers , killing five officers and injuring nine others . Two civilians were also wounded . The shooting happened at the end of a protest against the police killings of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge , Louisiana , and Philando Castile in Falcon Heights , Minnesota . The event has been subsequently known as the Dallas Police Ambush
2016 shooting of Dallas police officers
2016 shooting of Dallas police officers
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