Community honors Dallas officer slain in shooting

Plus: State Fair gun ban saga continues, Peppa Pig, Dak Prescott and more [EVENING ROUNDUP]( Sponsored by: Content and story selection are solely editorial's decision. Good evening, D-FW! Community members and law enforcement across Texas have shown[their support to the Dallas Police Department]( after one officer was killed and two others injured after a shooting in Oak Cliff. Officer Darron Brooks was killed by a suspect while he was [taking a brief break between assignments](, Dallas Police Department Chief Eddie Garcia said. “We’re grieving the loss of our brother ... while we stand behind to support his loved ones and our injured brother and sister officer who are in their own fight after this senseless evil act,” García said. “We have a tough day today, but we will get through it as we always do, together and as a law enforcement family.” Well have more news in your inbox Sunday morning. We appreciate your readership. — Brandon Gray, Senior Audience Journalist   [Dallas Police officer Darron Burks]( Officer Darron Burks, 46, was killed Thursday in a southeast Oak Cliff shooting. (Dallas Police Department ) [‘Dallas has lost a hero’: Police officer killed, 2 wounded in Oak Cliff shooting]( Dallas police Chief Eddie García said a 30-year-old gunman “executed” his officer within seconds of [approaching his patrol vehicle Thursday night in southeast Oak Cliff](. Corey Cobb-Bey parked his white Buick about 10:02 p.m. near the For Oak Cliff building in the 900 block of East Ledbetter Drive, and Officer Darron Burks stopped nearby two minutes later during a break between assignments, García told reporters Friday during a news conference. Cobb-Bey spoke with Burks briefly through the driver side window while recording the encounter on his phone, then pulled out a handgun and fatally shot Burks, the chief said. 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