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Baton Rouge: Multiple Cops Killed, 1 Shooter Dead, 2 At Large After Ambush

As many as seven police officers have been shot, three of them fatally, in Baton Rouge and a manhunt is underway.

According to multiple sources, the three Baton Rouge Police officers were shot around 9 am, though the gunman is still at large. SWAT has been deployed to the scene and roadways between Police Headquarters and I-12 are now closed.

CNN now reports the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office said one suspect has been killed and as many as two others could still be at large, though that information has yet to be confirmed.

Mayor Kip Holden told MSNBC officers responding to reports of a shooting at the B Quick store on Airline Highway were then ambushed by the suspect.

Another source with knowledge of the investigation told CNN police received reports of “a suspicious person walking down Airline Highway with an assault rifle,” who then fired on responding officers.

“A witness told [local] WBRZ News 2, a man was dressed in black with his face covered shooting indiscriminately when he walked out between a convenience store and a car wash across from Hammond Air Plaza.”

According to WAFB, multiple agencies responded to the scene and “several” officers had been shot. A witness believes shooting began before officers arrived on the scene, and unconfirmed reports of an exchange of gunfire between several civilians have also been reported.




WFAB also noted an officer calling dispatch said, “unknown where shots are coming from.”

“This was not a come at police shooting,” the witness told WAFB. “There were men out here shooting each other before police ever got here.”

If the witness is correct, his explanation of the incident directly counters the war-on-police rhetoric which inundated social media following this shooting.

Sgt. Don Coppola of the Baton Rouge Police said, “The scene seems to be contained right now. We’re asking everyone to stay out of the area.”

The gunman opened fire less than a mile from police headquarters, but details remain sketchy at this time.

“I do not have the extent of the injuries,” Coppola continued. “We’re hearing that it may also include some deputies [with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office], but that’s preliminary information and I’m waiting on confirmation.”

“This is an unspeakable and unjustified attack on all of us at a time when we need unity and healing,” Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said of the attack.

According to CNN, officers who weren’t fatally shot have been hospitalized and are in critical condition.

Tensions between police and civilians have reached a fever pitch in recent days, following the police killing of Alton Sterling and the riot squad response to subsequent protests.

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Claire Bernish
Born in North Carolina on the first of March in a year not so long ago, Bernish currently resides in San Diego, California. Educated at University of Cincinnati and School of the Art Institute of Chicago, she finds interest in thwarting war propaganda through education, the refugee crisis & related issues, 1st Amendment concerns, ending police brutality, and general government & corporate accountability.
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