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Scenes From the Dallas Black Lives Matter Protest Police Shootings (Photos)

Five officers were left dead, nine others wounded, and a nation severely shaken after a gunman opened fire. See pictures from the aftermath.

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Dallas police stand watch near the scene where five Dallas police officers were shot and killed Thursday night. According to reports, shots were fired during a downtown march being held in response to recent fatal shootings of two black men by police—Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota.

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A Dallas police helicopter flies over the scene where 14 people were shot, including 12 police officers, five of whom have now died, early July 8, 2016.

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A Dallas police officer covers his face as he stands with others outside the emergency room at Baylor University Medical Center.

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Emergency responders administer CPR to an unknown patient on a stretcher as law-enforcement officials stand nearby at the emergency receiving area of Baylor University Medical Center.

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Law-enforcement officials escort a couple through the emergency-room entrance at Baylor University Medical Center early Friday.

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Dallas police on the corner of Ross Avenue and Griffin Street after 12 police officers and two civilians were shot during what had been a peaceful protest.

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Earlier Thursday night, people gathered to protest the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. Black motorist Philando Castile, 32, a school cafeteria worker, was shot at close range by a Minnesota cop and was seen bleeding to death in a graphic video shot by his girlfriend that went viral Thursday, the second fatal police shooting to rock America in as many days.

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Police stand near a barricade following the sniper shooting in Dallas.

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Dallas police move to detain a driver after several police officers were shot in downtown Dallas.

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Protesters yell after police officers arrest a bystander following the shooting.

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Police and others gather at the emergency entrance to Baylor Medical Center in Dallas, where several police officers were taken after shootings.

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In Warsaw early Friday, President Barack Obama delivered remarks on the police shootings in Dallas after meeting with EU leaders at the NATO Summit.

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