In a city already tense following a high-profile police shooting of an African-American man, three Baton Rouge police officers were killed and three others wounded Sunday.
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Authorities did not immediately say where the Sunday morning shooting occurred, or release additional details.
“I can’t explain what brought us here”, she said.
Earlier, Baton Rouge Police spokesman Sgt. Don Coppola confirmed that several officers were shot by gunfire, The Advoate reported.
Obama extended his sympathies and prayers to the families, who are grieving, especially the officer in critical condition.
Reports earlier on Sunday indicated that shots had been fired at the scene before police arrived, indicating that officers may have been lured into some sort of trap.
Thousands of people protested Sterling’s death, and Baton Rouge police arrested more than 200 demonstrators. “What can you say in a moment of tragedy like this?” We are asking for your prayers at this time.
Following the attack, this is how people reacted on Twitter to the news.
Referring to Baton Rouge, he said, “This city MUST and WILL get better”.
In 2007, Officer Jackson was among the Baton Rouge officers who suffered from smoke inhalation while trying to save an infant in an apartment fire.
In a statement on the Baton Rouge police shootings, President Obama had a message for all Americans about rhetoric that divides, but without mentioning his name, Obama also appeared to be talking about Donald Trump.
“The man I was with broke down crying”, Jackson said.
“Somebody might have seen something suspicious, may know of guys plotting to do this”. In all, three offers were killed and three others injured in the latest violence between police and civilians.
Shocked community members lined the highway about a mile from the shootings, at the site of the protests against Sterling’s killing. “The officers in Baton Rouge; the officers in Dallas – they were our fellow Americans, part of our community, part of our country, with people who loved and needed them, and who need us now – all of us – to be at our best”.
Loomis said he was concerned about copycat shootings at the Republican convention. “The movement began as a response to violence, it was a call to end violence, and that call to end violence was true two years ago, was true 10 days ago, and is true today”.
Cavalier said he can not help but be personally scarred by how bad things have become in the city he calls home.
Jackson and his wife had just welcomed a child into the world.
“He cried when he found out that he was going to have a son and he was so excited, you know”.
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The Rev. Al Sharpton decried the shooting of the officers, and noted that he and other civil rights figures have consistently called for peace. “We certainly don’t condone violence”. Jackson had been with the police department for ten years. The Dallas gunman, Micah Johnson, 25, was killed by police deploying a bomb-carrying robot against him.
