2016 shooting of Baton Rouge police officers

2016 shooting of Baton Rouge police officers
A CCTV still of Long firing at a Baton Rouge Police squad car.
LocationBaton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.
Coordinates30°26′02″N 91°04′54″W / 30.4338°N 91.0817°W / 30.4338; -91.0817
DateJuly 17, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-07-17)
8:42 – c. 8:48 a.m. (CDT)
TargetPolice officers in Baton Rouge
Attack type
Ambush,[1] domestic terrorism,[2][3][4][5] shootout, mass shooting
Weapons
Deaths5[a] (including the perpetrator)
Injured2
PerpetratorGavin Eugene Long
MotiveBacklash over police brutality against African Americans[b]
LitigationFederal lawsuit against Black Lives Matter by Tullier dismissed

On July 17, 2016, Gavin Eugene Long shot six police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in an ambush attack,[9] in the wake of the shooting of Alton Sterling. Four died, including one who was critically wounded and died from complications in 2022, and two others were hospitalized; of the officers who initially died, two were members of the Baton Rouge Police Department, while the third worked for the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office.[10] Long, who associated himself with organizations linked to black separatism and the sovereign citizen movement,[11] was shot and killed by a SWAT officer during a shootout with police at the scene.

  1. ^ Visser, Steve (July 17, 2016). "3 officers killed; 3 injured in Baton Rouge". CNN. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
  2. ^ "Baton Rouge police shooting updates: Gunman had been in city for several days before attack, police say". Los Angeles Times. July 18, 2016. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
  3. ^ "What are 'sovereign citizens'? Baton Rouge shooter joined anti-government group, changed name". Global News. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
  4. ^ Hosenball, Ned Parker, Mark (July 19, 2016). "Baton Rouge shooter said he was member of anti-government group - documents". Reuters (in French). Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved October 22, 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference clues was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Sergeant Nicholas W. Tullier".
  7. ^ Swaine, Jon (July 17, 2016). "Baton Rouge suspect Gavin Long was marine with alias Cosmo Setepenra". The Guardian. Retrieved July 17, 2016. His history of rambling postings indicated that the attack was motivated at least in part by killings by police of black Americans (which is true)in recent years and the resulting unrest.
  8. ^ Hensley, Nicole; Ng, Alfred; Greene, Leonard (July 17, 2016). "Baton Rouge shooter Gavin Eugene Long — retired Marine — was outraged at police for Alton Sterling death". The New York Daily News. Retrieved July 21, 2016. The gunman behind a deadly rampage that killed three cops in Baton Rouge Sunday was a retired Marine with an online trail of rants complaining about the treatment of African-Americans by police after Alton Sterling's death.
  9. ^ Steve Visser (July 17, 2016). "3 officers killed; 3 injured in Baton Rouge". CNN. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
  10. ^ "3 police officers fatally shot in Baton Rouge; dead suspect identified". USA Today. July 17, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  11. ^ "Gavin Long, cop killer, linked to separatists". The Washington Times. July 20, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.


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