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| Baton Rouge: at least three police officers dead after shooting in Louisiana – live updates | Baton Rouge: at least three police officers dead after shooting in Louisiana – live updates |
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| 8.38pm BST | |
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| Alan Yuhas | |
| Barack Obama has called Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards and Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden to learn the latest on the investigation, a White House official has told reporters. | |
| From the official: | |
| The President pledged any support from the federal government that is needed by local authorities. He also offered his condolences on behalf of the country to the families of the officers who were killed. | |
| Obama has announced that he will address the nation at 4.30pm ET, just after an update from the governor of Louisiana at 4pm, (3pm local time). | |
| 8.30pm BST | |
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| Alan Yuhas | |
| FBI agents are on the scene in Baton Rouge and assisting with the investigation, attorney general Loretta Lynch has said in a statement. | |
| “I have been briefed on the ongoing situation in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and I will continue to monitor events throughout the day. Although information about this morning’s incident is still coming in, we do know that at least three officers are feared dead and several others are wounded. Agents from the FBI and ATF are on the scene, and the Department of Justice will make available victim services and federal funding support, and will provide investigative assistance to the fullest extent possible. | |
| “For the second time in two weeks, multiple law enforcement officers have been killed in the line of duty. There is no place in the Untied States for such appalling violence, and I condemn these acts in the strongest possible terms. I pledge the full support of the Department of Justice as the investigation unfolds. Our hearts and prayers are with the fallen and wounded officers, their families, and the entire Baton Rouge community in this extraordinarily difficult time.” | |
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| at 8.31pm BST | |
| 8.04pm BST | 8.04pm BST |
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| The US president Barack Obama has condemned “in the strongest sense of the word” the shootings. | The US president Barack Obama has condemned “in the strongest sense of the word” the shootings. |
| For the second time in two weeks, police officers who put their lives on the line for ours every day were doing their job when they were killed in a cowardly and reprehensible assault. These are attacks on public servants, on the rule of law, and on civilised society, and they have to stop. | For the second time in two weeks, police officers who put their lives on the line for ours every day were doing their job when they were killed in a cowardly and reprehensible assault. These are attacks on public servants, on the rule of law, and on civilised society, and they have to stop. |
| I’ve offered my full support, and the full support of the federal government, to governor Edwards, mayor Holden, the sheriff’s office, and the Baton Rouge police department. And make no mistake – justice will be done. | I’ve offered my full support, and the full support of the federal government, to governor Edwards, mayor Holden, the sheriff’s office, and the Baton Rouge police department. And make no mistake – justice will be done. |
| We may not yet know the motives for this attack, but I want to be clear: there is no justification for violence against law enforcement. None. These attacks are the work of cowards who speak for no one. They right no wrongs. They advance no causes. The officers in Baton Rouge; the officers in Dallas – they were our fellow Americans, part of our community, part of our country, with people who loved and needed them, and who need us now – all of us – to be at our best. | We may not yet know the motives for this attack, but I want to be clear: there is no justification for violence against law enforcement. None. These attacks are the work of cowards who speak for no one. They right no wrongs. They advance no causes. The officers in Baton Rouge; the officers in Dallas – they were our fellow Americans, part of our community, part of our country, with people who loved and needed them, and who need us now – all of us – to be at our best. |
| Today, on the Lord’s day, all of us stand united in prayer with the people of Baton Rouge, with the police officers who’ve been wounded, and with the grieving families of the fallen. May God bless them all. | Today, on the Lord’s day, all of us stand united in prayer with the people of Baton Rouge, with the police officers who’ve been wounded, and with the grieving families of the fallen. May God bless them all. |
| Donald Trump had previously blamed the shootings on a “lack of leadership”. | Donald Trump had previously blamed the shootings on a “lack of leadership”. |
| We grieve for the officers killed in Baton Rouge today. How many law enforcement and people have to...https://t.co/pPNrzG8kEa | We grieve for the officers killed in Baton Rouge today. How many law enforcement and people have to...https://t.co/pPNrzG8kEa |
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| at 8.07pm BST | at 8.07pm BST |
| 8.00pm BST | 8.00pm BST |
| 20:00 | 20:00 |
| Jean McKneely, a Baton Rouge police spokesperson, has pleaded with the public to report “anything suspicious” – namely anyone with “long guns, rifles, hand guns” or who was “dressed in black, “army fatigues” or a mask. | Jean McKneely, a Baton Rouge police spokesperson, has pleaded with the public to report “anything suspicious” – namely anyone with “long guns, rifles, hand guns” or who was “dressed in black, “army fatigues” or a mask. |
| “We don’t have any specific detail about what transpired,” he said. “We do believe it’s more than one suspect.” | “We don’t have any specific detail about what transpired,” he said. “We do believe it’s more than one suspect.” |
| He stressed that “we’re not sure of anything right now” when asked whether the shooting could be linked to recent protests against police | He stressed that “we’re not sure of anything right now” when asked whether the shooting could be linked to recent protests against police |
| He added that authorities are still trying to contact family of the killed officers. | He added that authorities are still trying to contact family of the killed officers. |
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| 19:57 | 19:57 |
| The nephew of Alton Sterling, the black man whose killing by white police officers in Baton Rouge prompted protests, says he condemns the subsequent shootings of police officers. | The nephew of Alton Sterling, the black man whose killing by white police officers in Baton Rouge prompted protests, says he condemns the subsequent shootings of police officers. |
| Terrance Carter told the Associated Press that his family just wanted things to be peaceful and said his uncle would not have wanted to see violence follow his own death. | Terrance Carter told the Associated Press that his family just wanted things to be peaceful and said his uncle would not have wanted to see violence follow his own death. |
| It remains unclear what prompted today’s shootings. | It remains unclear what prompted today’s shootings. |
| 7.41pm BST | 7.41pm BST |
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| The third injured officer is in a non-life threatening condition, medical staff have said, according to Reuters. | The third injured officer is in a non-life threatening condition, medical staff have said, according to Reuters. |
| 7.09pm BST | 7.09pm BST |
| 19:09 | 19:09 |
| Some updates via Baton Rouge’s WAFB TV station: | Some updates via Baton Rouge’s WAFB TV station: |
| Firstly, a man appears to have been arrested after confronting police officers investigating the shootings. Its reporter at the scene said a white man with no shirt on was Tasered after walking towards police and pointing and yelling. It’s unclear why he approached the officers or whether there was a link to the shootings. | Firstly, a man appears to have been arrested after confronting police officers investigating the shootings. Its reporter at the scene said a white man with no shirt on was Tasered after walking towards police and pointing and yelling. It’s unclear why he approached the officers or whether there was a link to the shootings. |
| Secondly, a heavy storm appears to be heading for the area and is likely to hamper the search for the two suspects believed to be at large. | Secondly, a heavy storm appears to be heading for the area and is likely to hamper the search for the two suspects believed to be at large. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 7.12pm BST | at 7.12pm BST |
| 7.04pm BST | 7.04pm BST |
| 19:04 | 19:04 |
| Reports circulating online that a fourth officer has died are incorrect, according to local media: | Reports circulating online that a fourth officer has died are incorrect, according to local media: |
| Law enforcement says media reports saying a 4th officer have died are incorrect. Three officers have died. #BRShooting | Law enforcement says media reports saying a 4th officer have died are incorrect. Three officers have died. #BRShooting |
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| The Baton Rouge mayor Kip Holden has suggested the officers may have been ambushed. He told MSNBC news: “The initial call was shots fired. Whenever an officer hears those words, those two words, the response is immediate, everybody in that area goes to that scene.“I’m not sure whether it is related to [protests] but I can tell you the rhetoric that’s been spewed … I have to believe that some of that is related to that.“Basically it was like an ambush style deal. We responded to a call and there’s this jerk that’s out there firing on our police officers. This is in an area that’s a mile from police headquarters.” | The Baton Rouge mayor Kip Holden has suggested the officers may have been ambushed. He told MSNBC news: “The initial call was shots fired. Whenever an officer hears those words, those two words, the response is immediate, everybody in that area goes to that scene.“I’m not sure whether it is related to [protests] but I can tell you the rhetoric that’s been spewed … I have to believe that some of that is related to that.“Basically it was like an ambush style deal. We responded to a call and there’s this jerk that’s out there firing on our police officers. This is in an area that’s a mile from police headquarters.” |