Montrell Jackson, 32, father of 1; Brad Garofala, 45, father of 4; Matthew Gerald, 41, father of 2. Gerald was a relatively new officer and had been working on his own for just 12 days…
Via Fox News:
The Louisiana governor called the shooting of Baton Rouge deputies and officers "an absolutely unspeakable heinous attack" Sunday, as the city mourned the deaths of three officers and prayed for the recovery of one "fighting for his life."
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards described Sunday morning's deadly ambush on six Baton Rouge officers as "unjustifiable" and said, "the violence, the hatred just has to stop."
Officials said the officers were shot Sunday after responding to a call about a man walking down Airline Highway with an assault rifle at approximately 8:40 a.m. outside a store in Baton Rouge — about a mile from police headquarters.
Authorities did not name the shooter, but sources identified him to Fox News as Gavin Eugene Long of Kansas City, Mo., who they said carried out the attack on his 29th birthday.
Long served in the U.S. Marine Corps for five years, including one deployment to Iraq, according to officials.
Three officers are confirmed dead in the ambush. Three others are injured, including one critically. The gunman was shot and killed at the scene.
Baton Rouge police department identified two of the slain officers as Montrell Jackson and Matthew Gerald.
Jackson, 32, served on the force for 10 years and had a 4-month-old child, while Gerald, 41, served for less than a year.
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)
The third slain cop was identified by the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's office as Brad Garafola.