Police officers across Central Oregon are starting this work week with heavy hearts after three officers were shot and killed and three others wounded in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Sunday.
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Louisiana State Police believe killer Gavin Long tried to avoid civilians as he targetted his attack directly at police officers.
Gov. Rick Snyder is asking that USA flags flying across MI be lowered to half-staff to honor three police officers killed in Baton Rouge. About 100 people came to the special hour long prayer vigil. He was also described as “a great police officer”. When the shooting ended, three police officers were dead and three others injured, one fighting for his life. Sterling was buried just last Friday.
Another black man was shot and killed by police the next day in Minnesota, with his girlfriend livestreaming the aftermath on Facebook.
Police said video footage of the attack provding chilling evidence supporting the theory that Long’s attack was a calculated assassination. Then a black gunman opened fire during a protest against the police shootings in Dallas, killing five police officers.
Police said they are seeking more than one suspect and that the public should be on the lookout for people dressed in black and carrying long guns. “I don’t want to create an atmosphere of fear, even though we as parents are so afraid”.
Edmonson said Long, a resident of Kansas City, Missouri, had been in the Baton Rouge area for several days before the shooting, and while he acted alone in the ambush itself, police have yet to rule out his having assistance in planning the attack.
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.
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East Baton Rouge Sheriff officer Eddie Guidry received prayers from Jim Moulin, both members of The Rock Church which is a ministry on the outskirts of Baton Rouge, during a prayer vigil for the officers killed and wounded by a gunman on Sunday as well as members of the local law enforcement community in Zachary, La., Monday, July 18, 2016.
