The gun used by Corey Cobb-Bey, 30, was linked to a shooting that occurred Aug. 29 about 9:20 p.m. at Kiest Park in the 3000 block of South Hampton Road,...
The man who fatally shot a Dallas police officer in August is suspected of shooting a different person before he, 30, to a shooting that occurred Aug. 29 about 9:20 p.m. at Kiest Park in the 3000 block of South Hampton Road, police spokesperson Corbin Rubinson confirmed.
The new details are the first to be released about Cobb-Bey’s alleged actions in the hours leading up to the brazen killing of Burks, a 46-year-oldFormer Dallas police Chief Eddie García has said the killing of Burks was a premeditated execution. It was not immediately clear if the suspected motive has changed during the course of the police investigation.
Burks parked his patrol car about 10 p.m. in the 900 block of East Ledbetter Drive when Cobb-Bey approached from the driver’s side window, raised a handgun and fired. A police dispatcher noticed an unusual transmission from Burks’ radio and alerted other officers. Dallas police Sr. Cpls. Jamie Farmer and Karissa David responded to check on Burks and also were shot. Other officers then chased Cobb-Bey to Lewisville and fatally shot him.Dallas PD Officer Darron Burks remembered for humility, selflessness as he’s laid to restKelli covers public safety and the Dallas Police Department for The Dallas Morning News. She grew up in El Paso and graduated from the University of Notre Dame with degrees in political science and film and a minor in journalism.
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