Authorities talk to the driver of a car near an area where several officers were shot while on duty less than a mile from police headquarters, Sunday, July 17, 2016, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Mike Kunzelman)
July 16, 2016
UPDATE: Baton Rouge gunman dead, no active shooter: police
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – The gunman who shot dead three police officers and wounded three others in the Louisiana capital of Baton Rouge on Sunday was killed and there are no suspects at large, officials said.
“We believe the person that shot and killed our officers, that he is a person that was shot and killed at the scene,” Louisiana State Police Superintendent Colonel Mike Edmonson told reporters.
“What we do not believe is we have any other shooter held up in the Baton Rouge area.”
