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Three police officers were shot dead and at least three others were wounded in Baton Rouge, La., on Sunday morning. The area where the shooting took place has been the scene of protests in the weeks since the police shooting of Alton Sterling on July 5. Three police officers were shot dead and three others were wounded in Baton Rouge, La., on Sunday morning. The single gunman was killed, the authorities said. The area where the shooting took place has been the scene of protests in the weeks since the police shooting of Alton Sterling on July 5.
• The police were responding to a shooting around 8:30 a.m. local time in the area of Airline and Old Baton Rouge Highway. The resulting confrontation left at least three officers dead and three others wounded, officials said. • Around 8:40 a.m. Sunday, the police in Baton Rouge were responding to report of a man with a gun dressed in black walking in the area of Airline and Hammond Highway. In a confrontation that lasted fewer than 10 minutes, three officers were killed and three others were wounded, officials said.
• One suspect was killed, according Cpl. L’Jean McKneely, a spokesman for the Baton Rouge Police Department, but two others may be at large. “Anybody in this area saw anything suspicious please give law enforcement a call,” he said. • The dead suspect is now believed to have been the only gunman, the police in Baton Rouge said at a news conference, despite earlier reports of two others at large. Mike Edmonson, the superintendent of the Louisiana State Police, said there was “no active shooter scenario going on in Baton Rouge.”
• The White House said President Obama had been briefed and that federal officials were in touch with the local authorities. • The slain officers were a 41-year-old and a 32-year-old with the Baton Rouge Police Department, and a 45-year-old deputy with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office.
• Gov. John Bel Edwards of Louisiana will give a press conference at 4 p.m. Eastern. • According to the authorities, a 41-year-old sheriff’s deputy is in critical condition; a 51-year-old deputy was undergoing surgery for injuries that were not life threatening; and a 41-year-old Baton Rouge police officer was hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries..
• The number of total suspects involved in this shooting is unclear. The police have closed roads around the shooting and have told people nearby to remain indoors and contact law enforcement immediately if they see anything suspicious. • At the time of the shooting, a plot against the police was recently under investigation after a burglary suspect said that he wanted to harm officers.
• It is not known what started the confrontation or whether the police officers were explicit targets. • The White House said President Obama had been briefed and that federal officials were in touch with the local authorities. In a statement, Mr. Obama characterzied the shooting as a “cowardly and reprehensible assault.”
• The description and identity of the dead suspect is unknown. Trooper Cedrick Ross with the Louisiana State Police said in a brief phone interview that the only information that was “somewhat confirmed” was that the suspect was a black male who had been wearing a ski mask. • The police will hold another press conference on Monday at 1 p.m.
• It is not known whether the police officers were explicit targets.
• The identity of the dead gunman has not been released.
• None of the killed or wounded officers have been identified by name.