Officer Darron Burks 

 

Update: On Thursday, August 29, 2024, at 10:02 p.m., the suspect, identified as 30-year-old Corey Cobb-Bey, arrived at For Oak Cliff in the 900 block of East Ledbetter Drive and parked his white Buick.

The preliminary investigation determined at 10:04 p.m. Officer Burks, arrived at the location and parked near the front entrance of the building between call assignments.

Cobb-Bey approaches Officer Burks and talks with him briefly through the driver side window as he apparently records the encounter with a cell phone.

The suspect then pulls out a handgun and executes Officer Burks as he sat in his vehicle.

At this point – a police dispatcher noticed an unusual transmission from Officer Burks radio – the dispatcher attempts to contact Officer Burks – who does not respond.

The dispatcher located Officer Burks via his GPS location and sends officers to check on him.

Meanwhile, the suspect then goes back to his vehicle and takes out an shotgun, goes back to Officer Burks’ squad car, placing the shotgun on the roof.

At 10:11 p.m., Senior Corporal Jamie Farmer responds, pulls into the parking lot and the suspect immediately fired a handgun at Officer Farmer.

Officer Farmer returned fire and ran across the parking lot.

The suspect grabbed the shotgun from the top of the squad car and fired one time toward Officer Farmer, who continued running.

Officer Farmer was hit once in the leg.

At 10:12 p.m. Senior Corporal Karissa David arrived and positioned her squad car at the entrance of the parking lot.

The suspect ran towards Officer David and shot at her multiple times as she exited her vehicle.

Officer David returned fire and was shot in the face during the exchange.

A Sergeant arrived on scene and saw Cobb-Bey standing near his vehicle.

The Sergeant directed the next arriving patrol element to follow the suspect, who fled westbound on East Ledbetter Drive and then Northbound onto I-35.

Patrol pursued the suspect into Lewisville, and Cobb-Bey came to a stop on the expressway just north of Highway 121 and exited his vehicle with the shotgun in his left hand.

The suspect approached the officers and pointed the shotgun at them.

Officers Nathaniel Baker, David Lem, Corie Reed, Richard Pace, Vladmir Perez, and Joel Portillo all fired their department issued firearms, hitting the suspect multiple times.

Cobb-Bey died at the scene and no officers were injured in this exchange of gunfire.

Senior Corporal Farmer was treated and released from the hospital today, and Senior Corporal David remains in critical but stable condition.

At this time, the investigation has determined the shooting is premeditated, with Detectives finding and collecting evidence on social media.

At the Lewisville scene, two shotguns were recovered.

At the Ledbetter scene, a .22 caliber handgun was recovered, along with the 9mm handgun used by the suspect.

The investigation is ongoing and is being investigated by the Dallas Police Special Investigations Unit.

The Dallas County District Attorney’s office were notified and responded to the scene and will conduct their own investigation.

The Office of Community Police Oversight was notified.

The critical incident video can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/WnayaoHZSzo

Corey Cobb-Bey

 

Original Post: On August 29, 2024, at about 10:10 pm, Dallas Police responded to an officer in distress in the 900 block of East Ledbetter Drive. The preliminary investigation determined when officers arrived, they found an officer shot in a marked squad car.

Responding officers exchanged gunfire with a suspect at the scene and two officers were hit in that exchange.

All three officers were taken to local hospitals.

One in stable condition, one in critical condition, and one officer has died from their injuries.

A suspect sped from the scene, and officers pursued the suspect which ended in Lewisville in the 1000 block of Stemmons Freeway.

The preliminary investigation determined the suspect got out of the vehicle with a long gun and was shot by Dallas Police officers and he died at the scene.

The investigation is ongoing.

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