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Cuba Gooding Jr cried for Dallas Cop who was murder
Cuba Gooding Jr reveals he broke down in tears when learning he met slain Dallas police officer and had posed for Twitter snap with him
Zamarripa, a Navy vet who served in Iraq, was among police killed in Dallas
He was among five officers shot dead by Micah Xavier Johnson
On February 25, Zamarripa tweeted a photo showing him and his partner, both in uniform, with Cuba Gooding Jr
On February 25, Dallas police officer Patrick Zamarripa (center) tweeted a photo showing him and his partner, both in uniform, with the star
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Hollywood actor Cuba Gooding Jr has spoken out in the wake of the death of Dallas police officer Patrick Zamarripa, with whom he previously posed for a photograph.
Zamarripa, 32, was among five officers shot dead by Micah Xavier Johnson in Dallas on Thursday as he sniped off police from high vantage points before holing up inside a garage.
The shooting took place at a protest about police shootings of black suspects.
On February 25, Zamarripa tweeted a photo showing him and his partner, both in uniform, with the star.
He wrote: 'The great @cubagoodingjr. Thanx for taking the pic with my partner and I. Hope your stay in #Dallas was great sir!'
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Zamarripa, 32, was among five officers shot dead by Micah Xavier Johnson in Dallas on Thursday as he sniped off police from high vantage points before holing up inside a garage
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Gooding was asked by a TMZ photographer in Studio City, California, if he had a message for Zamarripa's family.
'The picture came out today,' the photographer said.
Gooding responded: 'I cried today when I heard that. I cried. That's all I'll say.
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Zamarripa's heartbroken wife recently posted a moving tribute to the cop and Navy veteran online.
Kristy Villasenor, 33, a mother-of two who had two-year-old daughter Lyncoln with Zamarripa, honored the man she nicknamed 'my lobster'.
She wrote: 'This is something I never thought could ever happen to us. We were not done spending our lives together.
'Because of this disgusting display of hate, my daughter will not have her daddy to walk her down the aisle and my son will not have his "best buddy" to play football and baseball with.
'I finally found the love of my life and now have to endure a lifetime without my lobster.'
Zamarripa was a Navy veteran who joined the military shortly after leaving high school and had served three tours of Iraq before leaving five years ago to join the police, the Washington Post reported.
Writing on a GoFundMe page, friend Alex Witt recalled Zamarripa as 'a kind, funny, loving, and heroic human being'.
Witt added: 'He had an ability to make a joke about anything. He loved his Cowboys and Rangers. He loved his country. He loved his Raven brothers in the military.
'Most of all, he loved all of his family and beautiful girlfriend Kristi along with their two perfect children Lyncoln and Dylan.'
In Zamarripa's final tweet, sent out on July 4, he wrote: 'Happy Birthday to the greatest country on the face of this planet. My beloved America!'
Rick Zamarripa, Patrick's father, told the Washington Post: 'He comes to the United States to protect people here. And they take his life.'
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Fittingly, Zamarripa's last tweet, on July 4, was a happy birthday message to the country he served
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz4DykzT3B9
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Awwwww... So tragic and sad. 
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