A timeline of the shooting that left 3 officers dead

He reportedly attacked police at a gas station on Airline Highway where protests had been held following the shooting death of Alton Sterling by a Baton Rouge officer. However, they noted that they believe two additional suspects were involved in this shooting.

Authorities have not yet linked last week’s threat to Sunday’s shooting.

“We’re going to show that to these folks this week with our team from Tennessee as we go forth and show them what the Volunteers are all about”, he said. Police armed with long guns on the road stopped at least two vehicles driving away from the scene and checked their trunks and vehicles before allowing them to drive away.

I condemn, in the strongest sense of the word, the attack on law enforcement in Baton Rouge, Obama said in a statement.

Multiple police officers were shot this morning while on duty less than a mile from police headquarters.

“We need what we saw in Dallas this week as a community came together to restore order and deepen unity and understanding”, he said.

“We hurt for our brothers and sisters at the Baton Rouge Police Department”, the Facebook post read, next to a photo of a Baton Rouge patch and a lit candle.

Baton Rouge Police Sgt. Don Coppola did not know the extent of the injuries or the precise number of officers injured. “We will not retreat one inch from our mission to protect and serve the good people who live, work, travel, and raise families in MA”.

As he said following the Dallas shooting, Obama reiterated that this would not be the last example of a person that tries to make the country turn against each other.

Madison Police Department’s Twitter summed up the family aspect all law enforcement call their own.

BATON ROUGE, La. – Three officers were killed and three others wounded in a shooting in Baton Rouge that officials think were carried out by multiple gunmen.

Officials speaking publicly have not yet released the name of the suspected killer or any details, beyond saying they believed it was a single shooter.

The president said nothing justifies violence against law enforcement and said that “justice will be done”.

While the scene of the shooting was contained, police warned local residents to stay away from the scene.

“We stand in solidarity and strength with every state trooper, police officer, sheriff’s deputy, federal agent, marshal, and any other law enforcement professional in the United States”.

The media is waiting to hear from Louisiana governor John Bel Edwards on the shootings.

His shooting, along with the death of a man, Philandro Castrile, after being pulled over by police in Minnesota, sparking heated protests that prompted a heavy law enforcement response that some in the region have questioned.

Police in Louisiana say they are using a specialized robot to check for explosives near the body of a suspect who was shot and killed in Baton Rouge early Sunday.