Three policemen shot dead by gunman in Baton Rouge

Police searched for a while for possible accomplices, but concluded that the shooter had probably acted alone.

US media identified the gunman as Gavin Long from Kansas City; according to CBS Sunday he celebrated his 29th birthday. About his motive is still unknown. He was wearing a bulletproof vest. Long fought as a Marine in Iraq, reports The New York Times . The veteran started in 2005 in the Navy and was promoted in 2008 to sergeant.

Police closed shortly after the shooting down several streets in Baton Rouge, where previously the black Alton Sterling was slain by police violence during an arrest. Three policemen were seriously injured transferred to hospital.

The shooting took place near the headquarters of the police in the US city in the state of Louisiana. The police got a message inside. There was a man with an assault rifle on the street. A witness heard at least thirty popping during the shooting.

Ambush
Mayor Kip Holden speaks of an ambush. According to a police spokesman, the status of the gunman was not immediately clear. An eyewitness states across NBC News that he saw cops ducking and fall. According to a local police chief was immediately shot by the gunman.

A witness has told WBRZ stated that a man dressed in black and with covered face, shooting came running out of a store. A neighbor tells opposite the New York Times that he heard ten to 12 shots.

Alton Sterling
Earlier this month, the 37-year-old Alton Sterling came to Baton Rouge after he was shot by the police. It caused a lot of protests from the black community against excessive police violence against African-Americans. Later did the police with multiple arrests a plan to shoot dead agents to thwart. Baton Rouge has about 230,000 inhabitants. The atmosphere in the city was tense times.

Obama
US President Barack Obama has condemned the attack on policemen in the city of Baton Rouge Sunday in the strongest terms. " It is the second time in two weeks that agents in a "cowardly and reprehensible 'manner attacked while carrying out their duties, he said in a statement from the White House.

,, These are attacks on public servants, on the rule of law and civilized society and they must stop, '' Obama said. Regardless of the motive must be one thing clear: ,, there is no justification for violence against law enforcement officers. These attacks are the work of cowards who speak on behalf of anyone. They do not make good what is wrong. They help no business forward. '' Obama said that what happened should not be used to provoke intense debate during an already charged political campaign.

,, We have things that divide us and which are not new, '' Obama said at a news conference.,, Why it is so important that everyone now focuses on words and actions that can unite this country further. ''

emergency
The president of the police union Cleveland wants the governor of Ohio proclaims a state of emergency for the convention of the Republican Party. In particular, he wants the governor to suspend laws that allow citizens to walk around openly with firearms.

The matter is urgent after shooting six colleagues Sunday in the state of Louisiana, said union president Steve Loomis. ,, I do not care what the legal precedent, but I think that the leadership must arise and must protect these agents. ''

The four-day convention begins Monday. The Second Amendment to the US Constitution allows citizens to arm themselves. Ohio and several other states they may also weapons in public with them.

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