The police briefing has ended with no details regarding the identity of the dead gunman or any possible motive for the shooting with police
Police do not believe a shooter is actively threatening the community, said state police Colonel Mike Edmonson
“We believe the person who shot and killed our officers, he is the person who was shot and killed at the scene,“ Edmonson said, adding that police “do not believe we have any other shooter holed up.”
Sheriff Sid Gautreaux gave a few details about the victims of the shooting. He said two Baton Rouge police officers, 41- and 32-years old, died of injuries, as did a 45-year-old sheriff’s deputy
One person remains in critical condition of the three other people injured. Two deputies were wounded, 41- and 51-years-old, and one 41-year-old officer was wounded and remains in critical condition.
Edmonson said that at about 8.40am officers responded to a call of a man in black carrying a weapon near a convenience store. Two minutes later they had reports of shots fired, and not long after reports of an officer down. Officers exchanged fire with a car wash and killed him at the scene
Louisiana governor John Bel Edwards promised to bring “these perpetrators, if there’s more than one, to justice”
The officials took no questions but promised another briefing at 1pm local time (2pm ET) Monday
