Suspect Identified In Baton Rouge Shooting

Gov. John Bell Edwards told media Sunday afternoon that the gunman committed, “an absolutely unspeakable, heinous attack”. “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.

CBS named the Baton Rouge shooter as Gavin Long, of Kansas City, Missouri.

The shooting death of Sterling followed by the police-involved killing of another black man, Philando Castile in Minnesota less than two weeks ago, sparked national outrage and protests against police brutality.

Warnick said the department would also make police chaplains, peer support team counselors, and social workers available to police officers and their immediate families.

The president offered support to law enforcement and said “justice will be done” in light of this tragedy. “Our hearts and prayers are with the fallen and wounded officers, their families, and the entire Baton Rouge community in this extraordinarily hard time”.

Sine the shooting death of Alton Sterling by Baton Rouge police earlier this month, the department has anxious about credible threats against its officers.

Brady Vancel said the man looked like a pedestrian running with a rifle in his hand, rather than someone trained to move with a rifle.

“Today’s events in Baton Rouge are shocking, sad and outrageous”. He previously condemned violence against police officers after five were killed by a sniper in Dallas.

Trump is placing the blame on a lack of leadership and is demanding “law and order”.

“We are mindful of the threats and what the current atmosphere is for law enforcement”.

Police departments in Greater Boston warned their officers Sunday to take extra precautions after three law enforcement officials were killed and three others wounded in Baton Rouge Sunday.

Information from the Associated Press was used in this report. “Got a city officer down, shots fired!” Three of the officers were pronounced dead at the medical center.

One officer is notorious for harassing local black residents, to the point where he has been given a street nickname of “Bro Stupid”, said Burnell Williams, who works with at-risk youth and ex-prisoners for the nonprofit group Against All Odds.

It was not immediately clear why the officers were shot.

Obama said the motive for Sunday’s attack, the second targeting police in less than two weeks, was unknown, but there is no justification for violence against law enforcement.

One of those killed was Sterling, who was shot two days before the Dallas attack.

Police spokesmen from Baton Rouge and Minneapolis, in statements, said their departments had each made significant strides toward diversity in their forces.

The shooting took place along a highway around 9:00 am (1400 GMT), the statement added. Authorities believe two suspects may still be at large.

On Sunday three police officers were killed, and another three injured, in an ambush-style attack in the city. Three others have been wounded in the Louisiana shooting.

President Barack Obama said the slayings were attacks “on the rule of law and on civilized society, and they have to stop”.

MS no doubt reeled when 12 Dallas officers were shot, five fatally, last Thursday night, but Louisiana seemed to some to be uncomfortably close to home.

Minorities are “very wary of police and often afraid of them”, says Michele Fournet, a veteran Baton Rouge criminal defense lawyer.