Good Morning Chirping In NC! I'm watching this story on FOX, and it's infuriating! Thanks for sharing the CNN perspective!
On Sun, Jul 17, 2016 at 11:42 AM, chirpinginnc <[email protected]> wrote: > (CNN)At least seven officers were injured and at least three of them are > feared dead in a shooting in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a source with > knowledge of the investigation told CNN. > Police received a call of "suspicious person walking down Airline Highway > with an assault rifle," the source said. When police arrived, the man > opened fire. > The remaining officers are hospitalized in critical condition, the source > said. > Kip Holden, the mayor-president of East Baton Rouge Parish, said > authorities were still trying to get a handle on the situation, but added, > "The count is three officers dead possibly." > The victims may include police officers and sheriff's deputies. > "There is still an active scene. They are investigating," he said. "Right > now we are trying to get our arms around everything." > The shooter is believed to be down as well, Holden said. > "Everything is moving fast and I have not been able to verify everything," > he said. > Authorities did not immediately say where the Sunday morning shooting > occurred, or release additional details. > The scene, however, is contained, McKneely said. > Since the shooting death of Alton Sterling by Baton Rouge police > <http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/12/us/police-shootings-investigations/> earlier > this month, the department has worried about credible threats against > officers. > "We can't take anything for granted any more," East Baton Rouge Sheriff > Sid Gautreaux said last week. > He spoke shortly after police arrested three people they believe were > planning to kill police in the city > <http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/12/us/baton-rouge-police-threats/>. > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PoliticalForum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
