3 police officers are dead and 7 wounded in a shootout in Baton Rouge. Tensions are high since the shooting of Alton Sterling.
Sunday, July 17, 2016 12:15 PM EDT
The police were responding Sunday to a shooting in Baton Rouge, La., that left at least three officers dead and seven others wounded, Kip Holden, the mayor-president of East Baton Rouge Parish, said.
Mr. Holden said reports of an active shooter in the vicinity of the Hammond Aire Plaza on Airline Highway came in around 9 a.m.
“Then people responded like they normally would,” he said. “And when they got there, this person was still firing at officers and unfortunately some have been wounded.”
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