1971 shooting of Dallas police officers
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}}The 1971 shooting of Dallas police officers (also known as the Trinity River Massacre) occurred on February 15, 1971, when Rene Guzman and Leonardo Lopez abducted five law enforcement officers in West Dallas, Texas, killing three officers and injuring one at a site near the Trinity River. One deputy was able to escape the shooting and call for help. Guzman and Lopez were suspects in a burglary in Ellis County, Texas, and the officers were obtaining consent-to-search forms when they were abducted.

Guzman and Lopez were able to escape after the shootings, beginning a manhunt that led to their arrest in East Dallas. Guzman and Lopez were tried, found guilty, and sentenced to death. However, following issues in the court case and the death penalty being declared unconstitutional, they were given a retrial. Both were given four life sentences. Lopez was paroled in 1991, but was incarcerated again for a separate case.
Q7984924
West Dallas
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Q1439
Texas
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Q1969490
Trinity River
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Q110130
Ellis County, Texas
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Q5328199
East Dallas
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Q96362915
1971 shooting of Dallas police officers
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1971
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1991-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1991
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