Two out of the 3 dead police officers have been identified as Montrell
Jackson, 32, (The black man pictured on the left) a new father and
ten-year veteran of the force, and Matthew Gerald, 41, a former Marine
who had joined the Baton Rouge police force a year ago.
Jackson, 32, who welcomed a son less than a year ago, celebrated his
ten-year anniversary with the Baton Rouge Police Department just last
month and was once injured helping to save a toddler from a burning
building, The Advocate reports.
While Gerald was a married father-of-two who had been working on his
own for just 12 days before he was gunned down, according to Fox News 8
New Orleans.
