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| Baton Rouge: police officers 'feared dead after shooting in Louisiana' - live updates | Baton Rouge: police officers 'feared dead after shooting in Louisiana' - live updates |
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| The shooting took place in Baton Rouge, the capital of Louisiana, at about 9am Sunday. | |
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| at 5.24pm BST | |
| 4.44pm BST | 4.44pm BST |
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| Several officers shot, feared dead - police and local media reports | Several officers shot, feared dead - police and local media reports |
| Welcome to the Guardian’s live coverage of the ongoing situation in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Two police officers have been killed and several others injured in a shooting, local media has reported. | Welcome to the Guardian’s live coverage of the ongoing situation in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Two police officers have been killed and several others injured in a shooting, local media has reported. |
| “Law enforcement is working a shooting incident involving officers,” Casey Rayborn Hicks, a spokeswoman for East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office, said in a statement. | “Law enforcement is working a shooting incident involving officers,” Casey Rayborn Hicks, a spokeswoman for East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office, said in a statement. |
| The shooting took place on a a stretch of Airline Highway, which has been shut down and declared an active scene. She advised the public to steer clear of the area. | The shooting took place on a a stretch of Airline Highway, which has been shut down and declared an active scene. She advised the public to steer clear of the area. |
| A police spokesperson told the CBS that “several officers were struck by gunfire” but he did not know “the extent of injury”. | A police spokesperson told the CBS that “several officers were struck by gunfire” but he did not know “the extent of injury”. |
| Mayor Kip Holden also called the local network, and said: “there were a number of officers who have been injured, a number have been taken to Our Lady of the Lake hospital.” | Mayor Kip Holden also called the local network, and said: “there were a number of officers who have been injured, a number have been taken to Our Lady of the Lake hospital.” |
| “The situation is still very very fluid,” he added. “We’re trying to find out what happened, which is going to take several more hours.” | “The situation is still very very fluid,” he added. “We’re trying to find out what happened, which is going to take several more hours.” |
| Baton Rouge has been wracked by tense protests in recent weeks following the shooting deaths of a black man, Alton Sterling, by a police officer, and then the killings of five police officers in Dallas, Texas, a few days later. “Common sense needs to prevail, we need to be the great city that this is,” Holden said. | Baton Rouge has been wracked by tense protests in recent weeks following the shooting deaths of a black man, Alton Sterling, by a police officer, and then the killings of five police officers in Dallas, Texas, a few days later. “Common sense needs to prevail, we need to be the great city that this is,” Holden said. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 4.45pm BST | at 4.45pm BST |