The shooting deaths of three law enforcement officers, with three more injured, came in Baton Rouge – a city already on edge after an African-American man recently was shot and killed by police.
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One suspect was killed and two others might still be at large, said Casey Rayborn Hicks, a spokeswoman for the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office.
Since the shooting in Dallas, police have been on high alert.
Authorities talk to the driver of a vehicle near an area where several officers were shot while on duty less than a mile from police headquarters, Sunday, July 17, 2016, in Baton Rouge, La. The races of the suspects and the officers were not immediately known.
He says they were rushed to a local hospital.
The officers in Baton Rouge were responding to a call of a man with a gun when shots were fired. L’Jean McKneely. “We sending in the robot to see if there are any explosives in the area or any explosives on him”.
The gunman’s dead body was found outside a fitness centre next to the gas station.
Cain says two people had been detained in another town called Addis, which is near Baton Rouge, and called them “persons of interests”.
On Sunday afternoon, more than a dozen police cars with lights flashing were massed near a commercial area of auto dealerships and chain restaurants on Airline Highway, not far from police headquarters.
Don Coppola did not know the extent of the injuries or give the precise number of officers injured.
While the scene of the shootings was contained, police warned residents to stay away from the area.
A sheriff’s spokesman in Baton Rouge also said that one suspect is dead and two others are believed to be at large.
Police guard the emergency room entrance of Our Lady Of The Lake Medical Center, where wounded officers were brought, in Baton Rouge, La. “Our hearts and prayers are with the fallen and wounded officers, their families, and the entire Baton Rouge community in this extraordinarily hard time”.
Police-community relations in Baton Rouge have been especially tense since the death of 37-year-old Alton Sterling, a black man killed by white officers July 5 after a scuffle at a convenience store. The killing was captured on cellphone video and circulated widely on the internet.
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Trump struck a similar tone after a shooter in Dallas, Texas, gunned down five police officers earlier this month, urging unity in the face of attacks on officers.
