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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 5, 2021

Mother of Dallas Officer Slain in 2016 Sniper Attack Brings Food to Officers at His Former Station

On Friday, July 2, Valerie Zamarripa, the mother of one of the fallen officers, Patrick Zamarripa, woke up early and brought breakfast to the Dallas Police Southwest Sub-Station.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 14, 2017

City of Dallas Says Private Mural Honoring Fallen Officers Violates Code

Dallas officials are asking that a mural honoring law enforcement officers who died in a sniper attack last year be taken down or altered because it violates city codes.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 30, 2017

Video: Police Told to Leave Protective Gear Behind Before Dallas Sniper Attack

The officers assigned to the rally in downtown Dallas last July – where five officers were killed and nine wounded – were told not to wear certain heavy protective gear because it would make them look too "militaristic."

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 20, 2016

Video: NY Charity Pays Off Mortgages for Families of Fallen Dallas Officers

This is the first holiday the families of the five Dallas-area officers slain in the July sniper attack will be without them. A foundation in New York raised $610,000 to help some of them pay off their homes and others to ease some of their financial burdens just in time for Christmas.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 13, 2016

Dallas Pro Hockey Team to Honor Fallen Officers at Home Opener

The National Hockey League Dallas Stars will honor the five police officers who lost their lives in a sniper attack on July 7 in downtown Dallas as part of their season opener tonight at 7:30 at the American Airlines Center.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 7, 2016

Inside the Dallas Sniper Attack

In the July twilight, beneath the city’s skyscrapers, a gunman had taken aim at his officers as they stood along Main Street policing a protest rally. One fell, then a second, and a third. After helping to drag one of his wounded men into a patrol car, Gunter followed the gunman’s trail of broken glass and blood.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 15, 2016

FLEOA Asks NFL to Allow Commemorative Gear in Honor of Fallen Police Officers

Following the attack in Dallas, TX, the NFL denied the Dallas Cowboys football team's request to wear commemorative decals to honor those five police officers gunned down by a sniper. FLEOA released a statement asking the NFL to reconsider its ruling.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 11, 2016

President Obama to Attend Memorial for Slain Dallas Officers Tuesday

President Barack Obama is scheduled to speak Tuesday at an interfaith memorial service for the five Dallas officers slain in Thursday’s sniper attack.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 8, 2016

The Stories of 5 Fallen Dallas Officers

The five fallen Dallas-area officers killed Thursday were remembered today for sacrificing their lives in the line of duty. All were killed during a protest in downtown Dallas that was ambushed by at least one sniper — the deadliest day for U.S. law enforcement since the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 8, 2016

President Obama Releases Statement on Dallas Sniper Attack

President Barack Obama issued a statement today on the murder of five officers and wounding of seven others in the Dallas sniper attack Thursday night.

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