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Darron Burks

Case from Dallas, TX dated Aug 29, 2024

Victim Details

Darron Burks

Male

Black / African American

Dallas

TX

2024-08-29

46

Darron

Burks

07/30/2026

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On the night of August 29, 2024, Dallas Police Officer Darron Burks, aged 46, was fatally shot in a targeted attack near the Oak Cliff Community Center in Dallas, Texas. Officer Burks, a former high school math teacher who had recently transitioned to law enforcement to further serve his community, was approached by 30-year-old suspect Corey Cobb-Bey. Cobb-Bey initiated a brief conversation with Burks while recording the encounter on his cellphone. Without provocation, he then drew a handgun and ...
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  • DPD Beat: Officers Injured, One Officer Killed In the 900 block E. Ledbetter Drive
  • NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth: Dallas officer 'executed' outside community center by a 'coward,' chief says
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