Update:
Updated 5:24 p.m., Aug. 30, with more details from Dallas police news conference.
A timeline of the Oak Cliff shooting that left a Dallas police officer dead
Darron Burks, 46, was fatally shot outside the For Oak Cliff community center on Thursday, his mother confirmed.
A Dallas police officer was killed in a shooting in southeast Oak Cliff on Thursday night.
On Friday morning, his mother confirmed to The Dallas Morning News that her son Darron Burks, 46, was the officer fatally shot outside the For Oak Cliff community center.
Two other officers were wounded in the shooting and are hospitalized. One was in critical condition and the other was listed as stable on Friday morning, Dallas police spokesperson Kristin Lowman said.
Here’s how the events unfolded late Thursday and early Friday:
Thursday, Aug. 29
10:02 p.m.: The suspect in the shooting, Corey Cobb-Bey arrives at the 900 block of Ledbetter Drive in Dallas and parks his vehicle.
10:04 p.m.: Officer Darron Burks arrives on scene and is approached by Cobb-Bey who spoke with him and recorded the encounter. Cobb-Bey then pulled out a handgun and shot Burks.
10:10 p.m.: Dozens of units respond to an assist officer call in the 900 block of East Ledbetter Drive, near South Marsalis Avenue, according to an online police call log. (The News counted more than 95 units ultimately responded to the shooting.)
Photos: Dallas police investigate Oak Cliff shooting scene
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Responding officers find an officer shot in his marked patrol vehicle, Lowman confirmed at a news conference early Friday. They exchange gunfire with a shooter, and two other officers are shot.
10:11 p.m.: Officer Jamie Farmer responds to the scene. Cobb-Bey fired a handgun at Farmer. Farmer returned fire. Cobb-Bey fired his shotgun one time toward Farmer, who was hit.
10:12 p.m.: Officer Karissa David arrives to the parking lot and Cobb-Bey shoots at her multiple times. David returned fire, but was shot in the face during the exchange.
10:35: p.m.: Police pursuit of a suspect enters Lewisville, according to Lewisville Police Department spokesperson Rachel Roberts.
10:38 p.m.: The chase ends in the northbound lane of Interstate 35E just north of State Highway 121 Business.
The suspect exited a vehicle with a long gun, Lowman said, and Dallas officers shot and killed him.
Friday, Aug. 30
12:20 a.m.: In a post on Facebook, the Lewisville Police Department confirms that none of its officers were involved in the chase.
12:28 a.m.: In a post on X, DPD announces it is investigating an officer-involved shooting.
1:15 a.m.: Dozens of Dallas police officers stand quietly outside the emergency room entrance to Methodist Dallas Medical Center. Squad cars line the block leading up to the hospital, their emergency lights flashing.
Photos: Police officers gather outside Methodist Hospital emergency room
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3:15 a.m.: DPD holds a news conference outside Methodist hospital and confirms the shooting, the chase and the officer’s death.
“Our department is hurting,” Lowman said. “We ask tonight and this morning for the thoughts and prayers of our city, for not only those who are recovering in the hospital, but for our fallen, for their family and for their loved ones, and for us as a department as well.”
4:00 a.m.: A procession begins to lead the fallen officer from Methodist hospital to the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s office.
5:07 a.m.: Dallas police Chief Eddie García posts a tribute on X with the caption “No words.” He attaches a photo of a Dallas police badge above the city of Dallas with a dark blue line across the center.
7:30 a.m.: The Lewisville Police Department says the “roadway is clear” and “traffic is flowing freely” in an update to its 12:20 a.m. Facebook post.
9:13 a.m.: U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, who represents the area where the shooting happened, writes on X that she is “heartbroken for the family and friends of the officer lost last night.”
“This epidemic of gun violence must end,” she also wrote.
9:23 a.m.: Gov. Greg Abbott posts to X to honor the fallen officer.
“Our hearts are with the @DallasPD & the entire Dallas community,” he wrote.
10:10 a.m.: In a statement posted to X, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson calls for city flags to be flown at half-staff.
“Dallas has lost a hero,” he wrote.
11:12 a.m.: Burks’ mother confirms to The News that her son was the officer killed in Thursday’s shooting.
