Hours later, he delivered remarks on the killings from the White House.
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The officers in Baton Rouge were responding to reports of a man carrying a gun on Sunday when shots were fired at around 9am local time.
Trump said “We demand law and order”, in a Facebook post on Sunday afternoon.
“There is no justification for violence against law enforcement”.
Sterling’s nephew condemned the killing of the three Baton Rouge officers. They did not discuss the gunman’s motive or any relationship to the wider police conflicts.
Baton Rouge Police Cpl. Police said they were using a specialized robot to check for explosives near the body.
She made the comments three police officers were killed and three others wounded in Baton Rouge.
Spokesman Casey Rayborn Hicks issued a statement asking the public to report anything suspicious in the area to 911.
Sunday’s shootings occurred about a mile from the Baton Rouge Police Department headquarters, where dozens of people were arrested this month while protesting Sterling’s death. AP is the largest and most trusted source of independent news and information.
Reverend Al Sharpton added, “Praying for the families of the police officers shot in Baton Rouge as we await the full details”.
The shooting – which took place just before 9 a.m., less than a mile from police headquarters – came amid escalating tensions across the country between the black community and police.
In closing his statement, Obama saluted the “brave officers” who lost their lives on Sunday morning, calling once more for a national unity which at times seems painfully lacking.
The shooting happened near the B Quick store on Airline Highway.
Baton Rouge Police Sgt. Don Coppola did not know the extent of the injuries or the precise number of officers injured. East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies may have also been among those shot, Coppola said. I said that that killer would not be the last person who tries to make us turn on each other.
Obama has sought to move quickly to try to defuse the anger surrounding the shootings of black men by police and the recent attacks on law enforcement officers.
“My uncle wouldn’t want this, ” Carter said. The group said the administration needed to show political leadership by “supporting them and giving them the resources they need to protect themselves and their communities”.
Sterling’s death was captured on cellphone video and circulated widely on the internet.
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This is the second serious shooting incident that killed police officers in the country in less than two weeks after a gunman killed five police officers and hurt seven others in Dallas, a city in the northern part of the USA state of Texas.
