Dallas shooting live updates: Protesters return to the streets throughout U.S.
Protests continue around U.S.
A night after the rally in Dallas ended in deadly gunfire, protests are continuing in cities across the United States.
Hundreds of people have marched through the streets of downtown Atlanta and have blocked an exit from two interstates into downtown.
A spokeswoman for the Atlanta Police Department, Beth Espy, tells CNN there have been no arrests and the march has been peaceful.
Former co-worker says slain officer never let evil discourage him
Sgt. Anthony Gunn of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office said he worked with Dallas police officer Lorne Ahrens in the late 1990s in L.A. Gunn said he was a young deputy, while Ahrens was a dispatcher.
"He was great to work with," Gunn told CNN's Justin Lear."He was the kind of guy that it made you happy when you got to work and saw he would be working the shift with you. You could count on him to do the right thing the right way. He was a dedicated professional. He was well grounded, seeing the world the way it really is but not letting the evil in the world discourage him from doing good."
Ahrens had worked in Dallas for 14 years before he was killed, according to media reports.
Trump: Dallas shootings have 'shaken the soul of our nation’
Donald Trump responded to the deadly police shootings in Dallas by offering his prayers to the victims and their families and by calling for restored "law and order," writes David Wright and Rachel Chason of the CNN Politics team.
Speaking in a video released early Friday evening, Trump said the shootings of the 12 officers, five of whom were killed, had "shaken the soul of our nation."
He added that the deaths of Alton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota show "how much work we have to do in order to make every American feel that their safety is protected." The video statement marked the first time that Trump had publicly named the victims in the shootings.
Obama visiting Dallas next week
Mayor Mike Rawlings has extended an invitation to President Barack Obama, who will travel to Dallas early next week after returning to Washington from his European trip, CNN's Kevin Liptak reports. The White House said: "Later in the week, at the White House, the President will continue the work to bring people together to support our police officers and communities, and find common ground by discussing policy ideas for addressing the persistent racial disparities in our criminal justice system."
Texas governor: I have your back
Gov. Greg Abbott praised the actions of the police officers who responded to Thursday night's shootings and told them he would support them in the aftermath.
"We are so proud, even in our mourning today, of the men and women who wear the uniform of the Dallas Police Department as well as the Dallas Area Rapid Transit for their heroism in the face of remarkable danger, running toward danger to aid those that needed it the most. ... For every man and woman of the Dallas Police Department as well as any law enforcement officers in the state of Texas. I want you to know, you have the respect of a grateful state and you have a governor who has your back."
Later, in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, Abbott said that he has been told that all seven of the wounded officers and the two citizerns who were shot have been released from hospitals. Abbott cautioned that the information was "hearsay" and that other officials should confirm it as fact.
Abbott called the gunman a "troubled individual who had anger on his mind," and said it remains to be discovered whether the shooter was "truly mentally deranged" or something set him off.
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