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Three police officers were shot dead and three others wounded in Baton Rouge, La., on Sunday morning. The 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 B. Sterling on July 5. Three police officers were shot dead, and three others were wounded, in Baton Rouge, La., on Sunday morning. The 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 B. Sterling on July 5.
• Around 8:40 a.m. on Sunday, the police in Baton Rouge were responding to a report of a man with a gun dressed in black walking near the Hammond Aire Plaza shopping center on Airline Highway. In a confrontation that lasted less than 10 minutes, three officers were killed and three others wounded, officials said. • Around 8:40 a.m. on Sunday, the police in Baton Rouge responded to a report of a man with a gun dressed in black walking near the Hammond Aire Plaza shopping center on Airline Highway. The confrontation lasted less than 10 minutes, officials said.
• Kip Holden, the mayor-president of East Baton Rouge Parish, identified the gunman as Gavin Long of Kansas City, Mo. Mr. Long, an African-American, was a former Marine who had served from 2005 to 2010, and he had been deployed to Iraq in 2008, according to military records. He had received a national defense service medal and a reward for good conduct. • The slain officers were identified as Montrell L. Jackson, 32, and Matthew Gerald, 41, of the Baton Rouge Police Department; and Brad Garafola, 45, an East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff’s deputy.
• Mr. Long is believed to have been the only gunman, the police in Baton Rouge said at a news conference, despite earlier reports of two others being at large. Col. Mike Edmonson, the superintendent of the Louisiana State Police, said there was “no active shooter scenario going on in Baton Rouge.” He said in an interview with CNN on Monday that Mr. Long had been seeking officers and had ambushed them. • The hospitalized officers were a 41-year-old sheriff’s deputy, in critical condition; a 51-year-old deputy who underwent surgery for wounds that were not life-threatening; and a 41-year-old Baton Rouge police officer, also with injuries that were not life-threatening.
• The slain law enforcement officers were Montrell L. Jackson, 32; Matthew Gerald, 41; and Brad Garafola, 45. Mr. Jackson and Mr. Gerald were with the Baton Rouge Police Department; Mr. Garafola was an East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff’s deputy. • The gunman was identified by the authorities as Gavin Long of Kansas City, Mo. Mr. Long, an African-American, was a former Marine who had served from 2005 to 2010, and he had been deployed to Iraq in 2008, according to military records. He had received a national defense service medal and a reward for good conduct.
• According to the authorities, a 41-year-old sheriff’s deputy was 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 injuries that were not life-threatening. • Mr. Long is believed to have been the only gunman, the police in Baton Rouge said at a news conference, despite earlier reports of two others being at large. On Monday, the state police said Mr. Long had set out to ambush the officers.
• At the time of the shooting, a plot against the police had been under investigation after a burglary suspect said he wanted to harm officers. • A video on a site registered under the name of the gunman, Gavin Long, urges a bloody response to police killings of black men.
• The White House said that President Obama had been briefed and that federal officials were in touch with the local authorities. In a statement, Mr. Obama characterized the shooting as a “cowardly and reprehensible assault.” • President Obama called for restraint at a time of extraordinary tension. “This has happened far too often,” he said at the White House on Sunday afternoon. “We don’t need inflammatory rhetoric. We don’t need careless accusations thrown around to score political points or advance an agenda. We need to temper our words and open our hearts, all of us.”
• The police planned to hold another news conference at 1 p.m. on Monday.