Three police officers are confirmed dead and three injured in a shooting on Airline Highway near Old Hammond Highway in the state capital of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The suspected gunman was killed, state police superintendent said.The attack was a lone-wolf incident, Colonel Mike Edmondson, the Superintendent of the Louisiana State Police said at the press conference following the incident, according to Reuters. The active shooter situation declared in Baton Rouge on Sunday has come to an end, the gunman is dead, he added. "We do not have an active shooter scenario in Baton Rouge,"Edmonson said. Louisiana authorities will hold another press conference regarding the Baton Rouge shootings at 1pm CDT (1800 GMT) on Monday, Reuters reported. According to earlier reports, police believed there could have been at least two more suspects on the loose. Three officers out of five transported to Our Lady of the Lake Hospital have died from their injuries. Two others remain in hospital, with one being in fair condition and the other in a critical state, according to WAFB and Reuters. The condition of the third policeman transported to the hospital remains unknown. The Baton Rouge police department reportedly used a robot to check the area for explosive devices. “We do know, and do believe there are more than one suspect. That’s why we’re alerting the community. We sending in the robot to see if there are any explosives in the area or any explosives on him,” said Corporal L’Jean McKneely, WAFB reported. As a veteran I am absolutely pissed off at what is going on to police officers getting killed by thugs in America over the last week or two. These people killing police officers had to only be activated by Obama and Hillary's race baiting, that has gone on after the police shootings of two African American males in Minnesota and Louisiana two weeks ago. Black Lives Matter and the New Black Panthers terror groups is likely behind this cold blooded murder of three police officers who took the oath like I did. If these groups keep killing Police in cold blood, they're going to get something worse then police when either the UN blue helmets come in or we get Federalized police.
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