Baton Rouge, La., Shooter Gavin Long Suffered From PTSD

Edmonson said Long, a resident of Kansas City, Missouri, had been in the Baton Rouge area for several days before the shooting and, while he acted alone in the ambush itself, police had not ruled out the possibility that he might have had help in planning the attack.

Killed in the shooting were Garafola; Baton Rouge Police Officer Montrell Jackson, 32, an African American who had worked on the force for a decade; and Matthew Gerald, 41, a white man who had been with the department for less than a year. He will be buried at the Louisiana National Cemetery for veterans.

The Marine Corps veteran who engaged police officers in a shootout here Sunday, killing three officers and wounding three, hunted down his targets with deliberate and methodical precision, officials said Monday. She was amazed at the outpouring of support from the community. Before joining the military, he’d wanted to become a police officer, said his mother, Delphine Johnson.

“I’m just numb. You just don’t think it would happen in our hometown”, Parent said, dabbing at tears.

“The world is insane right now”.

One of the Washitaws’ core beliefs is that the federal government has essentially imprisoned people, said Ryan Lenz, a senior writer at the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project. The church he attends brought out a flatbed trailer filled with water for the visitation.

“They do so much for us”. He said there is no contradiction between making sure police have all the tools they need to do their job safely and in building trust between police and the communities they serve. “These three men have paid the ultimate sacrifice for their city and their country”. “People with the problem need to be part of the discussion on how to solve the problem”, the Rev. Lee Wesley said during a press conference in which the group laid out its priorities for the next six months.

Arrangements for 45-year-old Brad Garafola, an East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff’s deputy and a father of four, have not been made public. Services for Jackson, 32, are set for Monday.

After the shooting, which occurred during a protest against police-related deaths of black men in Baton Rouge and Falcon Heights, Minn., Obama faced criticism from law enforcement officials that he’s waged a ” war on cops”.

“If your heart cries out for Alton Sterling and his family, your heart should cry out for the officers”, he said.

Ryan Cabral served with Gerald on a helicopter crew in Iraq.

He was discharged at the rank of sergeant in 2010, after serving in Iraq.

Garafola’s family wanted a collage of family photos inside, Ganem said. One of the officers killed Sunday, Jackson, was black, and the other two were white.

“It is chilling in the sheer brutality”, Louisiana State Police Col. Mike Edmonson said Monday, describing surveillance videos that recorded Long as he gunned down three law enforcement officers Sunday and wounded three more before he was shot and killed. The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation. However, it is unclear whether Long was diagnosed with PTSD. He also peddled self-published books about empowerment and spiritual enlightenment.

Hours after Baton Rouge’s Sunday shooting, Auburn linebacker Cameron Toney visited the Auburn Police Department to show his support for his local law enforcement. Karama said he didn’t know Long’s real name and didn’t put the Baton Rouge shooter together with “Cosmo” until news reports began to mention that name.

Long fired directly into the vehicle, shooting Tullier in the head and stomach, walking ever closer as he pulled the trigger, Gautreaux said, before exchanging gunfire with Deputy Bruce Simmons, 57.

More than 100 people with Together Baton Rouge held signs Tuesday bearing the words “We refuse to be divided”.