--- description: Dallas Police Chief David Brown is scheduled to provide an update into the killing of five police officers at the hands of a gunman title: Watch Live: Dallas Police Chief David Brown Speaks on Killing of Officers image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt449d524da24f35e5/69889b533c1639691145df8f/greg-abbott1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Live: Texas Governor Greg Abbott Speaks on Killing of Officers  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Updated: Dec 13, 2023 6:32 AM CUTPublished: Jul 8, 2016 8:51 PM CUT  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in the U.S. Capitol, Dec. 8, 2015. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in the U.S. Capitol, Dec. 8, 2015.Bill Clark—AP  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Updated: Dec 13, 2023 6:32 AM CUTPublished: Jul 8, 2016 8:51 PM CUT Texas Governor Greg Abbott is scheduled to provide an update on the [killing of five police officers](http://time.com/4397785/dallas-shooting-police-protest-snipers/?xid=homepage "undefined") at the hands of a gunman in a Friday afternoon press conference. The press conference caps a day of revelations about what [transpired late Thursday night](http://time.com/4397785/dallas-shooting-police-protest-snipers/ "undefined"). A gunman apparently perched high above a peaceful protest over the treatment of African Americans in the criminal justice system opened fire on police because he “wanted to kill white people, especially white officers,” [authorities said](http://time.com/4398034/dallas-shooting-suspect-white-officers/ "undefined"). Dallas Police Chief David Brown praised his fellow officers and offered [emotional words](http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/07/08/485220431/were-hurting-dallas-police-chief-david-brown-says "undefined") in a previous press conference. “Our profession is hurting. Dallas officers are hurting. We are heartbroken,” he said. “There are no words to describe the atrocity that occurred to our city. All I know is that this must stop, this divisiveness between our police and our citizens.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4399361/dallas-shooting-police-chief-press-conference/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4399361/dallas-shooting-police-chief-press-conference/"},"headline":"Watch Live: Texas Governor Greg Abbott Speaks on Killing of Officers","datePublished":"2016-07-08T20:51:38.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T06:32:11.000Z","description":"The press conference caps a day of revelations about how a gunman killed five police officers","url":"https://time.com/4399361/dallas-shooting-police-chief-press-conference/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt449d524da24f35e5/69889b533c1639691145df8f/greg-abbott1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt449d524da24f35e5/69889b533c1639691145df8f/greg-abbott1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Greg Abbott","caption":"Greg Abbott","creditText":"Bill Clark—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4399361/dallas-shooting-police-chief-press-conference/","name":"Watch Live: Texas Governor Greg Abbott Speaks on Killing of Officers"}}]}] ```