Dallas Corporal was Blinded in Attack That Killed Fellow Officer
Corporal Karissa David arrived on the scene and positioned her squad car at the entrance of the parking lot. As she got out of the vehicle, Cobb-Bey “shot at her multiple times.” She then fired back at the suspect and he shot her in the face

Dallas Police Officer Darron Burks and Senior Corporal Karissa David were shot in August. David was released from the hospital Sept. 19. Her family says she was blinded in the attack.
Dallas PD
A Dallas Police Officer was permanently blinded when she was shot in the face during an attack that killed a fellow officer on August 29.
Officer Darron Burks was shot and killed in a premeditated attack on Aug. 29 in Dallas, the Dallas Police Department said in a news release. During the same attack Senior Corporal Karissa David was shot in the face and seriously wounded, People reports.
According to a GoFundMe page set up for David, “she is currently blind in both eyes," her family shared. She was released from the hospital Sept. 19.
The suspect, identified as Corey Cobb-Bey, 30, carried out the attack shortly after 10 p.m. local time, first fatally shooting Burks with a handgun from his car after the officer approached him in a parking lot. He also "recorded the encounter" on his phone, according to police.
At 10:12 p.m., David arrived on the scene and positioned her squad car at the entrance of the parking lot. As she got out of the vehicle, Cobb-Bey “shot at her multiple times.” She then fired back at the suspect and he shot her in the face, per the release.
Cobb-Bey then fled the scene. “Patrol pursued the suspect into Lewisville, and Cobb-Bey came to a stop on an expressway and exited his vehicle with a shotgun in his left hand,” police said. “The suspect approached the officers and pointed the shotgun at them.”
Cobb-Bey was then shot by multiple police officers at the location. "Cobb-Bey died at the scene and no officers were injured in this exchange of gunfire," the release added.
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