The man who authorities say planned the ambush on police officers in Baton Rouge was seeking justice for the death of Alton Sterling, according to online posts. Michelle Southern reports…:
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Members of a saddened Baton Rouge community set up an impromptu memorial outside the store where police officers were ambushed and three lost their lives. Halen Doughty has more…
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State Police believe the shooter that killed three law enforcement officers and injured three others planned his attack. Major Doug Cain say 29-year-old Gavin Long of Kansas City stationed himself along Airline Highway in Baton Rouge to inflict pain on law enforcement….
Cain says they are trying to determine when Long arrived in Baton Rouge and they are seeking anyone that may have been in contact with him.
Cain says anyone with any information about the shooter or footage of the incident to contact state police or call 1-800-CALL-FBI.
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Friends and family members of the Louisiana law enforcement officers who lost their lives in an ambush on cops are devastated today as they mourn their loved ones. David St. Romain is a local singer in Baton Rouge, and good friends with fallen Deputy Brad Garafola. Romain says Deputy Garafola was the school resource officer at Woodlawn High when he was a student there…:
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Garafola leaves behind a wife and four children, a 21-year-old son who lives in Texas, a 15-year-old daughter, 12-year-old son, and 7-year-old daughter. When the first “shots fired” call came in Sunday morning, Roman says he realized it was Garafola’s voice that can be heard saying, “officer down,”…:
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Baton Rouge Police Officer Montrell Jackson is also one of the victims. Friends say Jackson was one of the best guys you’ve ever met, who loved being an officer and died doing what he loved. He and his wife had just welcomed a child into the world.
At the scene where three Baton Rouge police officers were fatally shot, members of a saddened community are placing flowers and balloons to express their support for the fallen officers. Police Chaplin Bob Ossler of New Jersey put three crosses above the impromptu memorial for the officers who were killed and prayed with the people who came with flowers. He says police need more prayers.
41-year-old Matthew Gerald, another BRPD officer killed in the ambush, is a former Marine and Black Hawk Crew Chief in the Army. He leaves behind a wife and two daughters.
Joseph Cius of Orlando set up signs across the street from the scene on Airline Highway with the message of peace and unity. He says killing is not the way to get justice.
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The man identified as the shooter in the tragic fatal shooting of three police officers produced social media posts that discussed the demonstrations seeking justice for the death of Alton Sterling. In a YouTube posting on July 10th Gavin Long says protesting Sterling’s death will not work and suggested violence instead.
The ex-Marine lived in Kansas City and carried out his violent act on the day he turned 29 years old. In his online postings, he identifies himself as Cosmo Setepenra and last week said the best way to handle the shooting of Alton Sterling by two white police officers was through more violence…
In earlier postings, Long said he was not associated with any groups, but said at one time he belonged to the Nation of Islam. Last week, Long says you keep protesting the shooting death of Sterling but that won’t do anything to end what he perceived to be oppression…
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At a 2pm press conference, more details were released about the ambush attack that left three police officers dead and three more injured in Baton Rouge. Governor John Bel Edwards called the tragic incident “pure, unadulterated evil.”
Col. Mike Edmonson says they are still trying to determine what 29-year-old Gavin Long did prior to the attack and to whom he may have spoken. Edmonson says they believe Long acted alone in the shooting.
Edmonson says police are also investigating suspicious activity on Long’s social media accounts. He says they recovered a rental car Long used, which is being analyzed for evidence, as well as the weapons Long had at the time of the shooting.
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