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Forty-three-year-old Brent Thompson, a Dallas Area Rapid Transit force officer, was among the slain officers, the first member of that force to be killed in the line of duty since its inception. The names of the other officers have yet to be released."There has been a vicious, calculated, and despicable attack on law enforcement," President Barack Obama told the media Friday morning in Warsaw, Poland.The suspect in the garage reportedly referred to explosives while speaking to the police inside the parking garage, but initial sweeps of the downtown area did not turn up anything dangerous, according to police.Civilian witnesses, some of whom broadcast the palpable gunfire to social media, took cover, as the snipers' objective wasn't clear amid the chaos."I don't think I've ever run so fast in my life," one woman told CNN.This post has been updated.Demonstration in — Dallas Police Depart (@DallasPD)July 8, 2016