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Baton Rouge shooting: 3 officers killed, hunt on for shooters
(CNN)LATEST UPDATE
-- One suspect is dead, and two others may be at large
-- Police are looking for anyone wearing army fatigues, all black or possibly a mask
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In
a city already tense following a high-profile police shooting of an
African-American man, three Baton Rouge police officers were killed and
three others wounded Sunday. Officials think the attack on the officers
is the work of multiple gunmen.
Police
received a call of a "suspicious person walking down Airline Highway
with an assault rifle," a source with knowledge of the investigation
told CNN. When police arrived, the shooting began.
One of the suspects is dead. Authorities believe two others may be at large.
"If
they are wearing army fatigues; if they are wearing all black; if they
are wearing a mask; if they are wearing anything that's out there,
please, give us a call," said Baton Rouge Police Cpl. L.J. McKneely.
The shooting took place around 9 a.m. (10 a.m. ET) in the city of about 230,000 people.
Since the shooting death of Alton Sterling by Baton Rouge police earlier this month, the department has worried about credible threats against officers.
It's
been an emotionally charged few days across the country because of the
protests stemming from the Alton Sterling shooting, and the ambush on Dallas police officers where a sniper killed five officers.
"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.
Kip Holden, the mayor-president of East Baton Rouge Parish, said "everything is moving fast."
"There is still an active scene. They are investigating," he said. "Right now we are trying to get our arms around everything."
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