Fifth police officer dies in Dallas shooting: official

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DALLAS, TX - JULY 8: Dallas police officers escort a woman near the scene where eleven Dallas police officers were shot and five have now died on July 7, 2016 in Dallas, Texas. According to reports, shots were fired during a protest being held in downtown Dallas in response to recent fatal shootings of two black men by police - Alton Sterling on July 5, 2016 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Philando Castile on July 6, 2016, in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. Ron Jenkins/Getty Images/AFP
DALLAS, TX – JULY 8: Dallas police officers escort a woman near the scene where eleven Dallas police officers were shot and five have now died on July 7, 2016 in Dallas, Texas. According to reports, shots were fired during a protest being held in downtown Dallas in response to recent fatal shootings of two black men by police – Alton Sterling on July 5, 2016 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Philando Castile on July 6, 2016, in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. Ron Jenkins/Getty Images/AFP

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A fifth police officer died during a shootout with snipers during a protest against police shootings of black men that also wounded six other officers and a civilian, authorities said.

“It has been a devastating night. We are sad to report a fifth officer has died,” the Dallas Police Department wrote on Twitter.

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