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The five officers killed in Dallas have now been formally identified. They are Officer Brent Thompson of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit authority, and Officers Michael Krol, Patrick Zamarripa, Mike Smith and Lorne Ahrens of the Dallas Police Department.
Officer Thompson is the first DART officer to be killed in the line of duty, and had just gotten married two weeks ago.
#Dallas Heroes: Brent Thompson had just married two weeks earlier to a fellow officer and was a grandfather. pic.twitter.com/2iButCfZpS
— Ali H. Soufan (@Ali_H_Soufan) July 8, 2016
Officer Zamarripa was a combat veteran who served in Iraq.
#Dallas Heroes: Patrick Zamarripa, a veteran (3 tours in Iraq) and a proud father of a young daughter. pic.twitter.com/ROtf1VBmzb
— Ali H. Soufan (@Ali_H_Soufan) July 8, 2016
Officers Smith and Ahrens leave behind wives and young children.
#Dallas Heroes: Sgt. Michael Smith was an officer with the #DallasPoliceDepartment for 26 years. pic.twitter.com/sTSvCm8TIV
— Ali H. Soufan (@Ali_H_Soufan) July 8, 2016
#Dallas Heroes: Senior Cpl. Lorne Ahrens was an officer with the #DallasPoliceDepartment for 14 years. pic.twitter.com/57TIUSrgeN
— Ali H. Soufan (@Ali_H_Soufan) July 8, 2016
Officer Krol‘s mother spoke on his behalf.
“He knew the danger of the job but he never shied away from his duty,” Susan Ehlke of Redford, Michigan, said in a prepared statement the day after her son was killed.
#Dallas Heroes: Michael Krol, moved to Dallas in 2007 where he started working for the Dallas Police Department. pic.twitter.com/8o4NcLDSPl
— Ali H. Soufan (@Ali_H_Soufan) July 8, 2016
Our thoughts and prayers go out to their families. No words we can say, and no tribute we can pay, will ever be enough.
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