Baton Rouge LA: Loretta Lynch and Obama achieve success
Sunday, July 17, 2016
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3 Baton Rouge officers shot dead
Multiple injured – manhunt underway
In a grim repeat of last week’s deadly attacks on law enforcement in Dallas, two police officers and a sheriff’s deputy are reported dead following a shooting in Baton Rouge.
Officials have confirmed three law enforcement officers have died and at least seven others were injured during an early morning shooting on Airline Highway near Old Hammond Highway in Baton Rouge.
Reports indicate a standoff between law enforcement and one of the suspects.
One man who was detained near Our Lady of the Lake Hospital was released after it was determined he was merely seeking medical attention from a nearby hospital, and the firearm in his vehicle was legal and registered.
According to WAFB, officers with the Baton Rouge Police Department and the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office both responded to reports of 25 to 30 gunshots in the area of the B Quick store on Airline Highway shortly before 9 a.m. Sunday morning. Responding law enforcement officers with both agencies were struck during the gunfire.
“The scene seems to be contained right now,” said Sgt. Don Coppola, Baton Rouge Police Department. “We’re asking everyone to stay out of the area.”
Preliminary reports indicate one suspect is dead and two are at large.
“I do not have the extent of the injuries,” Sgt. Coppola said. “We’re hearing that it may also include some deputies [with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office], but that’s preliminary information and I’m waiting on confirmation.”
Investigators are working to determine how many shooters were possibly involved.
Police have shut down streets between Baton Rouge police headquarters and Interstate 12, where the officers were shot.
Witnesses reported a man, dressed in black and with his face covered, started shooting indiscriminately between a car wash and a convenience store around 9 a.m. Sunday.
“I walked out into the street to see what was going on, there was a man lying in the street,” the witness said. “I assume he was dead because he wasn’t moving.” The witness said the shooting started before police arrived. “This was not a come at police shooting,” the witness said. “There were men out here shooting at each other before police ever got here.” A large manhunt is underway.
Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden asks people to pray for the officers and families.
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards released a statement: “This is an unspeakable and unjustified attack on all of us at a time when we need unity and healing. Rest assured, every resource available to the State of Louisiana will be used to ensure the perpetrators are swiftly brought to justice. For now, I’m asking all Louisianans to join Donna and me in praying for the officers who were involved and their families as the details continue to unfold.”
There is no word yet whether the situation was a police ambush. Baton Rouge Police Department is reportedly checking the scene for explosives with the use of a robot.
Tensions remain high between member of the Baton Rouge community and law enforcement since Alton Sterling was shot and killed by police July 5. It is unclear whether this incident is connected to the Sterling incident.
Several days ago, WND reported police in Baton Rouge had arrested three, and are searching for a fourth, in an alleged plot to shoot and kill law enforcement officers that was uncovered while investigating the theft of eight guns at a pawn shop over the weekend. It is unknown whether the current situation is related to those arrests.
On July 8, Bill Johnson, executive director of the National Association of Police Organizations, said in an interview, “It’s a war on cops. And the Obama administration is the Neville Chamberlain of this war. … I think their continued appeasement at the federal level with the Department of Justice, their appeasement of violent criminals, their refusal to condemn movements like Black Lives Matter actively calling for the death of police officers, that type of thing, all the while blaming police for the problems of this country has directly led to the climate that has made Dallas possible.”
This story is developing and will be updated as information becomes available.
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2016/07/several-baton-rouge-officers-shot-dead/#ReYmjlkBVRXSyU0K.99
Reports indicate a standoff between law enforcement and one of the suspects.
One man who was detained near Our Lady of the Lake Hospital was released after it was determined he was merely seeking medical attention from a nearby hospital, and the firearm in his vehicle was legal and registered.
According to WAFB, officers with the Baton Rouge Police Department and the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office both responded to reports of 25 to 30 gunshots in the area of the B Quick store on Airline Highway shortly before 9 a.m. Sunday morning. Responding law enforcement officers with both agencies were struck during the gunfire.
“The scene seems to be contained right now,” said Sgt. Don Coppola, Baton Rouge Police Department. “We’re asking everyone to stay out of the area.”Preliminary reports indicate one suspect is dead and two are at large.
“I do not have the extent of the injuries,” Sgt. Coppola said. “We’re hearing that it may also include some deputies [with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office], but that’s preliminary information and I’m waiting on confirmation.”
Police have shut down streets between Baton Rouge police headquarters and Interstate 12, where the officers were shot.
Witnesses reported a man, dressed in black and with his face covered, started shooting indiscriminately between a car wash and a convenience store around 9 a.m. Sunday.
“I walked out into the street to see what was going on, there was a man lying in the street,” the witness said. “I assume he was dead because he wasn’t moving.” The witness said the shooting started before police arrived. “This was not a come at police shooting,” the witness said. “There were men out here shooting at each other before police ever got here.” A large manhunt is underway.
Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden asks people to pray for the officers and families.
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards released a statement: “This is an unspeakable and unjustified attack on all of us at a time when we need unity and healing. Rest assured, every resource available to the State of Louisiana will be used to ensure the perpetrators are swiftly brought to justice. For now, I’m asking all Louisianans to join Donna and me in praying for the officers who were involved and their families as the details continue to unfold.”
Tensions remain high between member of the Baton Rouge community and law enforcement since Alton Sterling was shot and killed by police July 5. It is unclear whether this incident is connected to the Sterling incident.
Several days ago, WND reported police in Baton Rouge had arrested three, and are searching for a fourth, in an alleged plot to shoot and kill law enforcement officers that was uncovered while investigating the theft of eight guns at a pawn shop over the weekend. It is unknown whether the current situation is related to those arrests.
On July 8, Bill Johnson, executive director of the National Association of Police Organizations, said in an interview, “It’s a war on cops. And the Obama administration is the Neville Chamberlain of this war. … I think their continued appeasement at the federal level with the Department of Justice, their appeasement of violent criminals, their refusal to condemn movements like Black Lives Matter actively calling for the death of police officers, that type of thing, all the while blaming police for the problems of this country has directly led to the climate that has made Dallas possible.”
This story is developing and will be updated as information becomes available.
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2016/07/several-baton-rouge-officers-shot-dead/#ReYmjlkBVRXSyU0K.99
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