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.