UPDATE 7/8/16 @ 11:55 p.m.

DALLAS (AP) - A military lawyer says the man who fatally shot five officers in Dallas was accused of sexual harassment by a female solider when he served in the Army in Afghanistan in May 2014.

Lawyer Bradford Glendening says Micah Johnson was sent back to the U.S. with the recommendation he be removed from the Army with an "other than honorable" discharge.

Glendening, who represented Johnson at the time, said Friday that the recommendation was "highly unusual" since generally counseling is ordered before more drastic steps are taken.

Glendening said Johnson was set to be removed from the Army in September 2014 because of the incident. Instead, Johnson got an honorable discharge the following April - for reasons Gardening doesn't understand.

The leader of a Catholic church in downtown Dallas is telling parishioners the city will heal from the killings of five police officers but must first "diagnose the problem."

The Rev. Rudy Garcia of the Cathedral Guadalupe spoke at a prayer vigil Friday evening for the victims of the attack, which occurred during a protest about recent killings of black men by police. The vigil drew about 100 people.

Garcia called on the community to embrace and accept one another, adding that there is still "a long way to go" in reaching that goal.

Parishioners lit candles and placed notes with messages on a wooden cross outside the church. One read: "We are one. #DallasStrong".

Police say the shooter, Micah Johnson, was killed by a robot-delivered bomb after the shootings.

UPDATE 7/8/16 @ 8:45 p.m.

DALLAS (AP) - The White House says President Barack Obama will cut short his European trip and visit Dallas early next week, as the city mourns five police officers killed by a sniper.

Obama had been scheduled to return to Washington on Monday. Instead, he will leave Spain on Sunday night after a meeting with that country's interim prime minister and a visit with U.S. military personnel.

Obama is currently in Warsaw, Poland, for a NATO summit.

The White House says Obama will focus next week on efforts to support police officers while addressing "persistent racial disparities" in the criminal justice system.

Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings says the suspect in the sniper slayings of five officers was wearing a bulletproof vest.

Rawlings says 25-year-old Micah Johnson used an AR-15 assault weapon and was carrying magazines of ammunition.

Rawlings said he does not know whether Johnson was wearing a helmet, "but I was told he had some pretty good covering on."

The Dallas attack happened Thursday night at a protest about the recent killings of black men by police in Louisiana and Minnesota.

Johnson was killed by a robot-delivered bomb after the shootings.

UPDATE 7/8/16 @ 2:30 p.m.

DALLAS (AP) - Dallas Police Chief David Brown says a shooting attack that left five police officers dead was "well planned."

Speaking at an interfaith prayer vigil in downtown Dallas on Friday, Brown called the shootings the previous night a "well-thought-out evil tragedy," saying his force "won't rest until we bring everyone involved to justice."

Christian, Jewish and Muslim faiths were represented at the vigil that was attended by hundreds.

Seven other police officers were wounded in the shooting during a protest over the killing of black men by white police officers in Louisiana and Minnesota. Two civilians were also hurt, but Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings has said no one suffered life-threatening injuries.

Brown has blamed "snipers," but it is unclear how many shooters were involved in Thursday's attack.

UPDATE 7/8/16 @ 11:30 a.m.

DALLAS (AP) - A Texas law enforcement official has told The Associated Press that a slain suspect in the attack on Dallas police was 25-year-old Micah Johnson.

The attack began Thursday night during a protest about the recent killings by police of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota. Five officers were killed and seven others were wounded. Two civilians were also wounded.

Police Chief David Brown said Friday that his department used a robot-delivered bomb to kill a suspect after hours of negotiations failed. He says the suspect expressed anger over recent killings by police of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota -- and that he said he wanted to kill white people, particularly white officers.

He says the suspect told negotiators that he acted alone and was unaffiliated with any group.

Although Brown says the suspect said he acted alone, it remains unclear if that was the case. He said earlier Friday that three other suspects were in custody, but he later declined to discuss those detentions and said police still didn't know if investigators had accounted for all participants in the attack.

Mayor Mike Rawlings says he does not believe that any of the wounded victims have life-threatening injuries.

UPDATE 7/8/16 @ 10:15 a.m.

DALLAS (AP) - Police Chief David Brown says a suspect in the overnight attack that killed five police officers, wounded seven others and wounded two civilians said he was upset over the recent police shootings of black men and wanted to kill white people.

Brown said at a news conference Friday that the suspect made the comments before he was killed by an explosive used by police.

He says his department and their families are grieving and that the divisiveness between police and the public must stop.

Authorities say snipers opened fire on police officers during a peaceful protest in downtown Dallas Thursday night over the recent fatal shootings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota.

Authorities say three other suspects were arrested.

UPDATE 7/8/16 @ 8:40 a.m.

DALLAS (AP) - As the city of Dallas mourns the killings of five police officers, Mayor Mike Rawlings says one of four suspects in last night's attack is dead.

Three other suspects are in custody. Rawlings says the suspect involved in an overnight standoff with police died after officers used explosives to "blast him out."

In addition to the five officers who died, six others were wounded during a protest against police killings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota.

UPDATE 7/8/16 @ 7:10 a.m.

DALLAS, TX (AP) -- Dallas police say no explosives have been found in extensive sweeps of downtown areas following the fatal shooting of five police officers and the wounding of six others by snipers.

Security was tight Friday morning with numerous streets closed to vehicle traffic in the main downtown Dallas business district hours after Thursday night's attacks.

The gunfire happened during protests over this week's fatal police shootings in Louisiana and Minnesota of two black men. Police have detained at least three people in the investigation of the Dallas shootings.

Police said a fourth suspect was engaged in a standoff with authorities and had made threats about bombs.

Maj. Max Geron (GAYR'-uhn) tweeted before dawn Friday that primary and secondary sweeps for explosives were complete and no explosives were found.

The gunfire claimed the lives of four Dallas police officers and one Dallas Area Rapid Transit officer. DART serves Dallas and a dozen other North Texas cities. The transit agency operates buses and the state's largest municipal rail system.

UPDATE 7/8/16 @ 6:40 a.m.

DALLAS, TX (AP) -- A memorial group says the slaying of five police officers in Dallas in an attack blamed on snipers was the deadliest day in U.S. law enforcement history since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Four Dallas police officers and one Dallas Area Rapid Transit officer were fatally shot Thursday night. The gunfire happened during protests over this week's fatal police shootings of two black men, in Louisiana and Minnesota.

Six other officers were wounded in the Dallas attacks.

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, which monitors the deaths of officers, reports 72 officers were killed as a result of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the U.S. The group labels that attack as the deadliest day in U.S. law enforcement history.

UPDATE 7/8/16 @ 4:30 a.m.

DALLAS, TX (AP) -- President Barack Obama says America is "horrified" over the shootings of police officers in Dallas and there's no possible justification for the attacks.

Obama is speaking from Warsaw, Poland, where he's meeting with leaders of the European Union and attending a NATO summit.

Obama says justice will be done and he's asking all Americans to pray for the fallen officers and their families. He also says the nation should express its gratitude to those serving in law enforcement.

Snipers opened fire on police officers in the heart of Dallas Thursday evening, killing five officers and injuring six others during protests over two recent fatal police shootings of black men.

Obama said earlier there was no contradiction between supporting law enforcement and making certain biases in the justice system are rooted out.

UPDATE 7/8/16 @ 2:30 a.m.

DALLAS, TX (AP) -- Dallas Area Rapid Transit has identified its officer who was fatally shot when snipers opened fire during a downtown Dallas protest.

DART said early Friday morning that 43-year-old officer Brent Thompson was killed in the Thursday night shootings. He'd joined the DART Police Department in 2009.

DART says he's the first officer killed in the line of duty since the agency formed a police department in 1989. The statement says "our hearts are broken."

DART says the other three DART police officers shot during the protest are expected to recover from their injuries.

Also killed during the shootings were four Dallas police officers.

UPDATE 7/8/2016 @ 2:50 a.m.

DALLAS, TX -- Various reports now say 5 police officers have died following a mass shooting during a downtown protest march on Thursday night.

Dallas police officials say they have 3 people in custody and they are undergoing "rigorous" interrogations to determine their connection to the shootings.

Police are still involved in a standoff at a parking garage near where the shootings happened. Officials say police have exchanged gunfire with the suspect and the man has made threats to police that there may be bombs around the garage and the downtown area.

Officials say downtown Dallas is still a crime scene and are advising people to stay away from the area until further notice.

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UPDATE 7/7/16 @ 12:38 a.m.

DALLAS, TX (AP) -- Dallas police say a suspect in shooting of officers at Dallas protests is in custody and a person of interest has surrendered.

Dallas police say four officers have died after at least two snipers opened fire during protests downtown Thursday night. Seven other officers were wounded.

Police Chief David O. Brown said snipers shot from "elevated positions" during a protest over two recent fatal police shootings.

UPDATE 7/7/16 @ 12:00

DALLAS, TX. (WSAZ) -- Ten Dallas law enforcement officers were shot, three fatally, by what is believed to be two snipers who opened fire during a demonstration downtown over recent police shootings in Minnesota and Louisiana, the Dallas police chief said.

"Tonight it appears that two snipers shot ten police officers from elevated positions during the protest/rally," Dallas police Chief David Brown said in a statement.

"Three officers are deceased, two are in surgery and three are in critical condition. An intensive search for suspects is currently underway," Brown said.

An 11th officer was shot during an exchange of gunfire and the police chief has confirmed there is a person of interest.

The shooting occurred at around 9 p.m. as a rally and march downtown was ending,

UPDATE 7/7/16 @ 11:36

DALLAS, TX. (WSAZ) -- Officials in Dallas now say 10 police officers were shot in downtown Dallas after a peaceful protest this evening.

Three of those officers have died.

Several are in surgery.

There are no suspects in custody at this time.

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UPDATE 7/716 @ 11:28 p.m.

DALLAS, TX. (WSAZ) -- Police confirm that at least four DART officers were shot this evening in downtown Dallas.

One officer has died.

The other three sustained non-life-threatening injuries.

UPDATE 7/7/16 @ 11:00 p.m.

DALLAS, TX. (WSAZ/NBCDFW) -- Two Dallas police officers have been shot in downtown Dallas, an officer at the scene tells NBC 5.

The extent of their injuries are not known right now.

The shootings took place at a rally and march downtown that showed solidarity for communities affected by officer-involved shootings this week in Louisiana and Minnesota.

Several hundred people gathered at Belo Garden Park in Dallas and marched to the Old Red Courthouse near Main and Market streets, where the rally ended just before the shots rang out at around 9 p.m.

There is no word on whether any civilians have been shot.

Police have not released any information on possible suspects at this point, but they say they believe the suspect has been contained to a singular area and swat teams are negotiating with them.

Keep clicking on WSAZ Mobile and wsaz.com for the latest on this developing story.

ORIGINAL STORY 7/7/16

DALLAS, TX., (WSAZ) -- Multiple media outlets report shots have been fired at a Dallas protest over two recent fatal police shootings.

The gunfire broke out around 8:45 p.m. Thursday.

Live TV video showed protesters marching along a street in downtown when the shots erupted and the crowd scattered, seeking cover.

There was no immediate word on whether anyone had been injured.

Scores of police and security officers were on hand.

A police dispatcher reached by The Associated Press had no immediate comment.