Baton Rouge shooter was killed by deadeye SWAT officer
- 8 years ago
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA — Authorities say Gavin Long was “extremely accurate” in his assassinations of three police officers Sunday and spent several days planning the attack, CNN reported.
The violence in Baton Rouge, Louisiana began at 8:40 a.m. when police received reports of a man with a rifle spotted near Airline Highway, the New York Times reported. Police identified the gunman as Gavin Long, a former Marine.
At 8:42 a.m. shots were fired, and two minutes later one officer was killed by Long and another injured. More shots were exchanged between Long and a responding Sheriff’s deputy trying to help the injured officer. Long shot both of them to death.
Long was sighted near a car wash at 8:46 a.m. A SWAT rifleman later shot him to death from a distance of over 100 yards. Three other officers were wounded by Long during the violence.
The three officers Long killed were named as Baton Rouge officers Montrell Jackson, 32, and Matthew Gerald, 41, and 45-year-old East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Deputy Brad Garafola.
Long was honorably discharged from the Marines in 2010. Having joined in 2005, he’d reportedly rose to the rank of sergeant and also served in Iraq for a period of seven months until June 2009.
The shooting comes after Army veteran Micah Johnson killed five cops during a Black Lives Matter protest earlier this month in Dallas.
The violence in Baton Rouge, Louisiana began at 8:40 a.m. when police received reports of a man with a rifle spotted near Airline Highway, the New York Times reported. Police identified the gunman as Gavin Long, a former Marine.
At 8:42 a.m. shots were fired, and two minutes later one officer was killed by Long and another injured. More shots were exchanged between Long and a responding Sheriff’s deputy trying to help the injured officer. Long shot both of them to death.
Long was sighted near a car wash at 8:46 a.m. A SWAT rifleman later shot him to death from a distance of over 100 yards. Three other officers were wounded by Long during the violence.
The three officers Long killed were named as Baton Rouge officers Montrell Jackson, 32, and Matthew Gerald, 41, and 45-year-old East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Deputy Brad Garafola.
Long was honorably discharged from the Marines in 2010. Having joined in 2005, he’d reportedly rose to the rank of sergeant and also served in Iraq for a period of seven months until June 2009.
The shooting comes after Army veteran Micah Johnson killed five cops during a Black Lives Matter protest earlier this month in Dallas.