Louisiana Governor Edwards, Louisiana State Police and Baton Rouge police hold a press conference to discuss the details from a shooting earlier today leaving three police officers dead, one in very grave condition, and two more injured.
The shooter (at least one of them) has been identified as 29-year-old Gavin Eugene Long from Kansas City, Missouri. Suspect is a black male who reported had his birthday today:
JUST IN: #BatonRouge shooter identified as 29-year-old Gavin Long of Kansas City, MO, two law enforcement sources tell @ABC.
— ABC News (@ABC) July 17, 2016
Officer Montrell Jackson (pictured below) was one of his victims:
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