-
1 of 10A Dallas Area Rapid Transit police officer receives comfort at the Baylor University Hospital emergency room entrance on July 7, 2016.Ting Shen—AP -
2 of 10Emergency responders administer care to a patient on a stretcher as law enforcement officials stand nearby at the emergency receiving area of Baylor University Medical Center, early Friday, July 8, 2016, in Dallas.Tony Gutierrez—AP -
3 of 10Dallas police officers and hospital staff form a line around the emergency entrance to Baylor Scott & White Hospital as a police officer's body is taken from the facility in Dallas on July 08, 2016.Ralph Lauer—EPA -
4 of 10A Dallas police officer, who did not want to be identified, takes a moment as she guards an intersection in the early morning after a shooting in downtown Dallas on July 8, 2016.LM Otero—AP -
5 of 10Dallas Police respond after shots were fired at a Black Lives Matter rally in downtown Dallas on July 7, 2016.Smiley N. Pool—AP -
6 of 10Emergency responder vehicles sit outside of the emergency room at Baylor University Medical Center on July 8, 2016, in Dallas.Tony Gutierrez—AP -
7 of 10Police attempt to calm the crowd as an arrest is made following a sniper shooting in Dallas on July 7, 2016.Laura Buckman—AFP/Getty Images -
8 of 10A man holds a bat reading "Black Power" during a protest in Dallas on July 7, 2016.Laura Buckman—AFP/Getty Images -
9 of 10Dallas police officers face protesters on the corner of Ross Ave. and Griffin Street after police officers were shot during a peaceful protest in Dallas,.Ralph Lauer—EPA -
10 of 10People rally in Dallas on Thursday, July 7, 2016 to protest the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile.Laura Buckman—AFP/Getty Images
An ambush by snipers during a protest march in downtown Dallas killed five police officers and wounded at least seven others on Thursday night.
Around 800 people had gathered for the Black Lives Matter protest march against the two separate shootings of black men over the past two days. Attendees of the rally described a convivial atmosphere, suddenly punctuated by the first shots at around 8:45 p.m. on Thursday.
Speaking from Warsaw, Poland, where he is attending a summit of NATO leaders, U.S. President Barack Obama called the shootings in Dallas a “vicious, calculated and despicable attack on law enforcement.”
The identities of the attackers have not been released.
More Must-Reads From TIME
- Florence Pugh Might Just Save the Movie Star From Extinction
- Why You Can't Remember That Taylor Swift Concert All Too Well
- What to Know About the History of the Debt Ceiling
- 10 Questions the Succession Finale Needs to Answer
- How Four Trans Teens Threw the Prom of Their Dreams
- Why Turkey’s Longtime Leader Is an Electoral Powerhouse
- The Ancient Roots of Psychotherapy
- Why Rich People Aren't Using Phone Cases
