This is a developing story. We are adding information as it comes in.
Update 3:
The shooter has been identified as 29-year old, black male, Gavin Eugene Long, according to CBS News.
Sunday marked Long’s 29th birthday as he was born on July 17, 1987.
Update 2:
President Obama has issued a statement on the shooting.
JUST IN: Pres. Obama issues statement on #BatonRouge shooting: These attacks “have to stop.” pic.twitter.com/GqukbbTdCh
— ABC News (@ABC) July 17, 2016
Update 1:
Three police officers have been confirmed dead and three others are reportedly wounded in what appears to be an ambush style attack in Baton Rouge, Fox News reported.
A suspect was also dead. Two other suspects were at large.
The shooting — which happened just before 9 a.m., less than 1 mile from police headquarters — comes amid spiraling tensions across the city, Louisiana’s capital — and the country — between the black community and police.
Original Story.
As many as seven Baton Rouge, Louisiana police officers have been shot in the same city that has been besieged by protests since Alton Sterling was shot and killed by police.
Three of the officers are confirmed dead, according to Fox News.
Authorities received a call about “suspicious person walking down Airline Highway with an assault rifle,” and when police arrived on the scene the man opened fire on them, a source told CNN.
“The count is three officers dead possibly,” Kip Holden, the mayor-president of East Baton Rouge Parish told CNN.
“There is still an active scene. They are investigating,” Holden said. “Right now we are trying to get our arms around everything.”
The shooter is believed to have also been shot.
This story is still developing.
Photo from a BLM march last week – That sign says “Oink Oink Bang Bang” – And now, #BatonRouge cops are dead pic.twitter.com/IEJt0xtbUl
— Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) July 17, 2016
A very fluid situation in #BatonRouge. Prayers requested as yet another tragedy unfolds #ThinBlueLine pic.twitter.com/Y3skurzdA3
— Mike Evans (@crabblers) July 17, 2016
Police confirm there’s an ‘active shooter’ situation after officers shot dead in #BatonRouge https://t.co/izbqsN6Q4b pic.twitter.com/EmXrNhUAom
— Daily Mirror (@DailyMirror) July 17, 2016
10:40 C.T.:#BatonRouge: @CNN: “3 officers dead 7 wounded ” Head of a black police assoc: “An assault on rule of law”pic.twitter.com/FzWN3KbRPQ
— Bonnie Greer (@Bonn1eGreer) July 17, 2016
Reports are three #BatonRouge cops are dead in shooting. Good Lord, this country is in need of law and order again! pic.twitter.com/YR7M0DRd7s
— PJ Campbell (@pegcamp78) July 17, 2016
#BatonRouge
– 3 police officers shot
– 2 confirmed killed
– no info on suspect/s
LIVE: https://t.co/9xg9PsdRKc pic.twitter.com/NSXPLbqzyr— newsbell (@newsbell) July 17, 2016
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