At least three police officers were shot dead in Baton Rouge on Sunday
morning, in what the town’s mayor calls an ambush attack. Three other
officers were wounded, one of whom is in critical condition.
Baton Rouge police responded to a call around 8:30 a.m. A gunman
shot at the officers when they arrived at a location less than a mile
from police headquarters.
The suspect is dead. Police initially believed there were multiple suspects, but later said the dead shooter is the only gunman.
The gunman was named Gavin E. Long and it happens to be his birthday day, a U.S. law enforcement official
said. He was a 29-year-old from Kansas City, Missouri. Another law
enforcement official described Long as a “black separatist.”
A former Marine who was honorably discharged after achieving the rank of
sergeant, before becoming a life coach and self-styled ‘Alpha-preneur’
under the name of Cosmo Setepenra,