UPDATED @ 1:23 PM. At Least Two Cops Killed and Others Wounded In Baton Rouge
Rickey StokesViewed: 4635
Posted by: RStokes
Date: Jul 17 2016 10:38 AM
BATON ROUGE, La. - At least two police officers were killed and several officers wounded in a shootout in Baton Rouge, reports CBS affiliate WAFB.
Police responded to a report of officers shot at a location on Airline Highway near Old Hammond Highway around 9 a.m., WAFB reports.
Baton Rouge police are still processing the situation, which has apparently ended. Few details have been released.
Earlier Sunday, Sgt. Don Coppola with the Baton Rouge Police Department confirmed to WAFB: "Multiple officers struck by gunfire."
The shooting happened near the B Quick store on Airline Highway.
"I do not have the extent of the injuries," Sgt. Coppola told WAFB. "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."
Baton Rouge has been filled with tension since the July 5 shooting of a black man pinned to the ground by white police officers.
UPDATED @ 1:23 PM
Reports from Shepard Smith of FOX NEWS, three police officers from two departments, Baton Rouge and an adjoining agency are dead. Reports are a total of 6 police officers have been shot.
Reports are one suspect dead, possibly two suspects are at large.
Authorities are working to get all the facts.
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