Dallas police chief David O’Neal Brown’s own son shot policeman dead in 2010

DALLAS police chief David O’Neal Brown’s own son shot a policeman dead in 2010.

Just seven weeks after he was sworn in, his 27-year-old only son, also David, shot a civilian in a random attack.

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Next he killed policeman Craig Shaw, 37, who had responded to a call.

Officers then shot Brown Jnr dead.

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Now his father is the man leading the probe into the new killings.

Brown, on the force for 33 years, said at the time: “My family has not only lost a son, but a fellow police officer and a private citizen lost their lives at the hands of our son.

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“That hurts so deeply I cannot adequately express the sadness I feel inside my heart.”

Wed to an ex-Dallas police sergeant, he said of the massacre yesterday: “We’re hurting.

“We are heartbroken.”