Three police officers were killed and three others wounded in a shooting in Baton Rouge that officials think was carried out by multiple gunmen. Police received a call about a “suspicious person walking down Airline Highway with an assault rifle”, and when police arrived, the shooting began.
Three officers died, while three other officers have been hospitalized in critical condition. The victims were from the Baton Rouge Police Department as well as The East Baton Rouge Parish Office. One of the suspects is dead, and authorities believe two other shooters may be at large.
Since the shooting death of Alton Sterling earlier this month by Baton Rouge police, the department has worried about threats against their officers. No motive has been identified at this time.
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