Memorial grows for officer killed in the line of duty [Video]

DALLAS – Members of the Dallas Police Department are dealing with strong emotions after the death of one of their own.

Officer Darron Burks was killed, and two other officers were injured in an attack on Thursday night in Oak Cliff.

“This is the time to unite and face the reality. We don’t know if we’re coming home. That’s the raw reality,” said Jaime Castro, President of the Dallas Police Association. “To be executed on our streets simply because of the uniform he’s wearing. We need to think about that.”

Castro’s words express the current pulse of Dallas PD, a department in mourning after what police say was an “execution-style” shooting of Burks, a former teacher who had been on the force for less than a year.

“He was excited to get out there. We all are when we’re rookies. We’re excited. We’re happy to get out there. And he gave his life,” said …