Sgt. Don Coppola Jr. of the Baton Rouge Police Department identified the other slain Baton Rouge police officer as 41-year-old Matthew Gerald, who had been with the department less than a year. One suspect is dead and law enforcement officials believe two others are still at large, the spokeswoman said. The University of Alabama issued a statement saying that Long attended classes for one semester in spring of 2012.
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Two people have been detained in another town called Addis, which is near Baton Rouge, and called them “persons of interest”.
On Sunday, he said the “best way to honor the sacrifice” of fallen police officers is to set an example for children.
Police chiefs appeared at a press conference calling for residents to unite in the face of the violence.
“These men are husbands, fathers, sons and brothers”, Sheriff Sid Gautreaux said.
The comments from Obama come as the country is reeling from a string of shootings that have raised racial tensions. Police are still searching for that man.
Authorities talk to the driver of a auto 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. “LSU has also asked students to remain vigilant and report suspicious activities to LSU Police”. He cut his trip to Poland – where he was attending a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation conference – to prepare for his trip to Texas to meet with officials and visit with family members of the fallen officers. “We are not looking good, we are not looking smart, we are not looking tough!” “It remains up to us to make sure that they fail”.
“Around the clock news cycles and social media sometimes amplify these divisions”, Obama said.
Three officers are dead and three others wounded after a shooting less than a mile from Baton Rouge police headquarters Sunday.
We may not yet know the motives for this attack, but I want to be clear: there is no justification for violence against law enforcement. They also expressed concerns about the violence happening across the country and the shootings of black men by police such as Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge. Police said they have killed the suspect involved in the shootout. The events reached their peak when an African American sniper shot dead five white police officers in Texas.
Obama’s words comes just hours before the Republican National Convention was slated to open in Cleveland, and a week before the Democratic National Convention opened in Philadelphia.
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On Facebook, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump wrote: “How many law enforcement and people have to die because of a lack of leadership in our country?”
