A gunman killed three law enforcement officers and wounded three others in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Sunday. The gunman died in a shootout with police.
Here’s the latest:
SHOOTING TIMELINE
Around 8:40 a.m. (9:40 a.m. ET), police received a call of a man carrying a rifle, dressed in all black, walking along Airline Highway.
At 8:42 a.m., there was a report of shots fired.
At 8:44 a.m., officers engaged with the shooter.
The shooting was over by 8:47 a.m.
Law enforcement sources told CNN’s Pam Brown that investigators suspect the officers were “lured in” by the shooter, effectively an ambush.
SHOOTER
Baton Rouge police have identified the shooter as 29-year-old Gavin Long, a black male from Kansas City, Missouri.
Long was a former Marine who was discharged at the rank of sergeant in 2010, according to the U.S. military.
Long died in a shootout with police.
Today, July 17, was his 29th birthday.
Police are not seeking any other shooters at this time, according to Louisiana State Police superintendent Col. Michael D. Edmonson.
POLICE DEAD AND WOUNDED
Baton Rouge police officer Montrell Jackson was one of three officers killed in the shooting, according to Jackson's aunt.
The other two law enforcement officers killed have not been identified.
Three law enforcement officers were wounded. Of these, one is in critical condition; one is in fair condition; one is in “non-life threatening condition.”
All six officers were wounded by gunfire.
INVESTIGATION
Contrary to an earlier witness account, the police timeline does not indicate any other kind of shooting before police arrived on the scene.
The witness, Brady Vancel, said he saw a man in a black shirt and shorts firing a long rifle, and a man not moving on the ground in a red shirt, about 45 seconds before the police arrived.
Police say the shooter was seen earlier in the day, waiting in a car near police headquarters.
Autopsies for the three police officers killed will be performed Monday, according to East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner William “Beau” Clark.
The shooter’s autopsy will take place later in the week because the scene is still being processed.
Investigators were reviewing a video shot at the scene to see if the shooter had any accomplices.
REACTION
President Barack Obama condemned violence against law enforcement and called on Americans to "temper our words and open our hearts."
"We as a nation have to be loud and clear that nothing justifies violence against law enforcement. Attacks on police are an attack on all of us, and the rule of law that makes society possible," Obama said, speaking from the White House press briefing room.
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