Louisiana: Three Police Officers Killed and Several Wounded in Baton Rouge Shooting

This is Officer Montrell Jackson & his baby boy. He was killed in Baton Rouge shooting today. (Picture: Twitter)

At least three police officers were killed and several more were wounded on Sunday in Baton Rouge, La., near where protests had been held since the police shooting of Alton B. Sterling on July 5.

A suspect had been killed, most likely by police gunfire, said a police spokesman, Cpl. L’Jean McKneely.

Police said initially that they were looking for other possible suspects, but the superintendent of the Louisiana State Police, Col. Michael Edmonson, said at a news conference that person who shot and killed the officers had been shot and killed at the scene.

The funeral of Alton Sterling, who was killed by police in Baton Rouge, was held on Friday