Dallas police officer ‘executed’ in targeted attack, police chief says

(CNN) – One Dallas police officer is dead and two others are injured& following a shootout with a suspect who had fatally shot an officer in his marked patrol car, in what law enforcement officials are calling an execution.The suspect, identified as Corey Cobb-Bey, 30, arrived at the For Oak Cliff community center and parked his car around 10 p.m. Thursday. He approached Dallas Police Officer Darron Burks, who was in his car parked near the front entrance of the building, and began recording their conversation, according to a& release& from the Dallas Police Department.Related Stories Cobb-Bey then pulled out a handgun and “executed” Burks as he sat in his vehicle, Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia said during a news conference.“Cobb-Bey approached officer Burks, talked with him briefly through the driver’s side window as he recorded the encounter with a cell phone,” Garcia said. “The suspect then pulled out a handgun and executed officer Burks as he sat in his vehicle.”“I do want to make something clear,” Garcia said. “I know that the word ambush has been thrown around in the last 24 hours or so. That is not what happened here. Officer Burks was executed.”An officer-in-distress call went out...