Southwest
Dallas Police Department Officer Darron Burks 'executed' in targeted attack, chief says
The Dallas Police Department provided an emotional update after Officer Darron Burks was shot and killed, saying that the former high school teacher was “executed” while in the line of duty.
In a press conference Friday, Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia said that the department had lost a “brother” and a “hero” following the shooting.
“As a department and as a family, we are devastated,” Garcia said. “Last night we lost a brother, a hero. Officer Darron Burks was a son, a nephew, a friend to many, and he was senselessly and tragically murdered in the line of duty.”
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The shooting, which happened around 10 p.m. Thursday night near the Oak Cliff Community Center, killed Burks and wounded two other officers. The suspected gunman, identified as 30-year-old Corey Cobb-Bey, was killed in a shootout with police after a highway chase.
“We came close to losing other officers,” Garcia said. “Officers who put their lives on the line to protect their brother, and it is by the grace of God that they are still with us today.”
The chief of police said that the officers were “targeted” by Cobb-Bey.
Our officers were targeted by nothing more than the uniforms that they wear.
“Our officers were targeted by nothing more than the uniforms that they wear and for the brave and honorable job that they do,” he said. “I want to be clear here, the word ambush has been thrown around in the last 24 hours. That is not what happened here. Officer Burks was executed.”
Garcia revealed that Cobb-Bey approached Burks and struck up a conversation, while recording the encounter on a cellphone, before pulling out a handgun and opening fire. Police said that they have no evidence that Burks and Cobb-Bey knew each other.
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“Cobb-Bey approached Burks and talked with him briefly at the driver’s side of the window as he recorded the encounter with a cellphone,” he said. “The suspect then pulled out a handgun and executed Officer Burks as he sat in his vehicle.”
Police said they got a 911 call about an officer in distress. Responding officers found Burks in his marked patrol vehicle critically injured.
At 10:11 p.m., Senior Corporal Jamie Farmer pulled into the parking lot after responding to a call for backup. Farmer was met with gunfire from Cobb-Bey. When Farmer returned fire, Cobb-Bey grabbed the shotgun and fired at Farmer, hitting him in the leg.
A minute later, Senior Corporal Karissa David arrived on the scene.
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The Cobb-Bey ran toward David, shooting at her multiple times while she exited her vehicle.
David was shot in the face, according to police.
The officers exchanged gunfire with the suspect, and two additional officers were shot.
The suspect was shot and killed at the end of a high-speed police chase on Interstate 35 from Dallas to Lewisville.
Burks was a former high school math teacher at the Texas Can Academy’s Pleasant Grove Campus, whose passion for helping his community led him to enroll in the police academy, FOX 4 reported, citing sources.
“Last year, Officer Burks bravely decided to leave the field of education to serve our city as a member of the Dallas Police Department. His commitment to serving others, both as a teacher and as a police officer, exemplified his dedication to making a positive impact on the lives of those around him,” wrote Tina Shaw, the principal at Texas Can Academy’s Pleasant Grove Campus.
One former student, Adrian Coleman, said that Burks mentored troubled youths.
“As a troubled youth, he made sure to instill knowledge and provide me with the tools I needed to graduate, to be a man out here in this world,” Coleman told the local outlet. “I am very thankful for him and the time he spent with me.”
A rookie police officer, Burks first entered the Dallas Police Academy last year.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Dallas Police Department for comment.
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Los Angeles, Ca
Driver runs across 101 Freeway after slamming into overturned sedan
A hit-and-run driver remains outstanding after they collided with an overturned vehicle on the 101 Freeway and fled on foot.
Preliminary information indicates that police had responded to the eastbound span of the 101 near Balboa Boulevard in Encino just before 3 a.m. Saturday on reports of an overturned red sedan blocking traffic.
As first responders arrived on scene, another vehicle – said to be a gray Nissan – barreled into the overturned sedan.
Footage obtained by KTLA shows the Nissan careening across the freeway before smashing into the right shoulder wall. That driver was taken to a nearby hospital in unknown condition.
The driver of the red sedan fled after the collision; they were seen on video making their way towards the shoulder on foot.
As of 6 a.m. Saturday, they had not been apprehended.
Los Angeles, Ca
San Bernardino County man arrested in child predator operation
Deputies arrested Guy Schneider, 63, of Yucaipa in an undercover child predator operation where he allegedly arranged to meet with a 13-year-old girl for sexual acts.
The 13-year-old girl was in fact an alias created by Perris Sheriff’s Station Special Enforcement Team deputies for this investigation. They received a response from Schneider ultimately expressing his desire to meet and perform sex acts, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.
Deputies arranged to meet Schneider on Friday and took him into custody without incident. During his arrest, deputies found he also possessed two firearms.
Schneider was booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center and is being held on a $1,000,000 bail.
The investigation team asks anyone with information about this case to contact Deputy Hartert at the Perris Sheriff’s Station: 951-210-1000.
Southwest
Trump-Vance base voices support for Kennedy's endorsement: 'They both have my heart'
Supporters of former President Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. say they support Kennedy’s endorsement of the former president and GOP 2024 presidential nominee, saying both men have their “heart.”
Fox News Digital spoke to supporters Friday at a Trump campaign rally in Glendale, Arizona, where Trump took Kennedy onstage just hours after the now-former independent candidate and scion to the American political dynasty suspended his campaign and encouraged voters to vote for the Trump-Vance ticket in swing states.
“I think it kind of makes sense that Kennedy, if he’s sincere about trying to make this country better for everybody, is going to reach out and and communicate with people that want to make this country better,” one Trump supporter said.
“I think as long as we just try to find space to make allies for people to disagree with us, I think it could be a huge,” the person said.
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Kennedy, who adopted the slogan “Make America Healthy Again,” ran his campaign on ending chronic illness in America and overhauling its food system.
“I think there’s a lot of cultural crossover between people that want to live healthy lifestyles, eat right, not have chronic diseases and try to find healthy ways of maintaining their health,” one Trump supporter said of MAGA and the RFK Jr. campaign.
Another Trump supporter, a woman originally from San Francisco who recently moved to Arizona, said she believes Kennedy’s endorsement is “important.”
“Everything that he’s been vocal on the last few years are really important for Trump’s campaign, because I think a lot of Americans, myself included, are still pretty upset with him about Operation Warp Speed and not standing up against Big Pharma,” she said.
Trump’s Operation Warp Speed was the project that facilitated the manufacture and distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. Many Republicans and conservatives say the program rushed the vaccine without proper testing and resulted in high rates of vaccine injury. They also protested vaccine mandates.
Pete and Erin, a couple originally from California and recently moved to the Grand Canyon State, said Kennedy’s message illustrates problems with government bureaucracy.
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“They both have my heart,” Erin said of Trump and Kennedy. “They speak the truth. They don’t B.S. They don’t need all the sparkle in Hollywood. I couldn’t care less about what people from Hollywood have to say … they’re just wolves in sheep’s clothing.”
“I think the thing he said, [the] FDA, I mean that’s just an illustration of the bureaucracy that’s ballooned in our government,” Pete said.
Kennedy has been critical of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). On “Fox News Sunday,” he told host Shannon Bream that, if he should serve in a Trump administration, he “would change the focus and would end the corruption.”
“Right now, 75% of FDA’s budget is coming from pharmaceutical companies. That is a perverse incentive,” he said.
Pete and Erin said they support the Trump-Vance ticket in large part due to his stance on China and the border. The couple lost their son to fentanyl, a lethal drug that authorities believe to be manufactured in China and Mexico and trafficked directly into the U.S.
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The couple lamented that the fentanyl crisis, which is the leading cause of death for Americans between 18 and 49, was not mentioned at the Democratic National Convention last week.
“When they say nothing about it … it’s just a slap in the face,” Erin said.
While it was not highlighted at the Chicago convention, the Democratic Party platform unveiled last week says that the next Democrat administration will “push Congress to provide the resources and authorities that we need to secure the border,” the platform states.
“This includes additional border patrol agents, immigration judges, asylum officers, cutting-edge inspection machines to help detect and stop the flow of fentanyl, and funding for cities and states that are sheltering migrants,” it says.
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