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WATCH LIVE: Police To Provide Update On Dallas Shooting Fri. At 8:30 AM ET

07.08.16 | 8:24 am

Crime scene investigators survey the area after a shooting in downtown Dallas, Friday, July 8, 2016. Snipers opened fire on police officers in the heart of Dallas during protests over two recent fatal police shootin... Crime scene investigators survey the area after a shooting in downtown Dallas, Friday, July 8, 2016. Snipers opened fire on police officers in the heart of Dallas during protests over two recent fatal police shootings of black men. (AP Photo/LM Otero) MORE LESS

Dallas authorities will hold a news conference Friday at 8:30 a.m. ET to provide updates on the deadly shooting of five police officers in Dallas.

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Caitlin Mac Neal is TPM's special projects editor, based in Washington, D.C. She first came to TPM as a newswriter, and has written for HuffPost, the Sunlight Foundation and Slate.

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