Police Massacred in Baton Rouge

"One East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office deputy and two Baton Rouge Police Department officers

were killed during a Sunday morning shooting on Airline Highway near the Hammond Aire Plaza. Three other officers were wounded with one remaining it critical condition.

Authorities have confirmed that the first of three suspects is a Missouri man who was killed after the shooting. Two other suspects were taken into custody in West Baton Rouge Parish and are being questioned by Baton Rouge Police. They would be questioned by Louisiana State Police and released later on Sunday night.

Authorities later identified the dead shooter as 29-year-old Gavin Long, of Kansas City, Missouri. Social media posts indicate that Long was an active member of an anti-government group called New Freedom Group. Details about the shooter are still emerging. Sources point out that Long's attack came on the man's birthday.

 

Officers responded to reports of a man armed with an assault rifle at the B-Quik store on Airline Highway near its intersection with Old Hammond Highway at around 9 a.m. Sunday. 

Dispatch audio records what happened next as officers were reported down when a man at the scene opened fire, shooting “indiscriminately,” according to a witness at the scene. Several officers were hit and a massive manhunt began in the area as authorities searched for suspects that were described as

wearing all black or camouflage clothing.

Police worked an active shooting scene at the B-Quik gas station into the afternoon. Law enforcement confirmed that one of the shooters was dead somewhere close to the store after he was involved in a gunfight with officers at an Airline Highway car wash. Authorities have said Long was clad in all black and wore a mask to conceal his face. A witness reported seeing him run toward the scene of the eventual shooting with a rifle in his hands. Police sent a robot into the store to check for explosives after the scene was contained and Long was killed.

An alert went out to the public to stay indoors and contact authorities should they spot any suspicious activity or suspects matching the description provided. Two men were stopped in Addis after someone said they were initially spotted heading into the Port Allen Walmart to change clothes. They were stopped by police on LA-1 South at a gas station where the men were taken into custody. A witness at the scene said the vehicle had Texas plates." WBRZ2