Jul 19, 2016

Police officers Montrell L. Jackson, Matthew Gerald and Brad Garafola were shot and killed Sunday morning in a shooting near a gas station in Baton Rouge, less than two weeks after a black man was shot and killed by police there, sparking nightly protests across the city. Officials identified the gunman as Gavin Long.

: Mourners attend a candlelight vigil honoring Officer Matthew Gerald on July 18, 2016 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Officer Gerald, along with two other police officers, was shot and killed after gunman Gavin Long ambushed them on Sunday morning in front of the B-Quik gas station in Baton Rouge. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

: A picture of slain officer Matthew Gerald is placed at a memorial on July 18, 2016 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Officer Gerald, along with two other police officers, was shot and killed after gunman Gavin Long ambushed them on Sunday morning in front of the B-Quik gas station in Baton Rouge. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

: Mourners attend a candlelight vigil honoring Officer Matthew Gerald on July 18, 2016 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Officer Gerald, along with two other police officers, was shot and killed after gunman Gavin Long ambushed them on Sunday morning in front of the B-Quik gas station in Baton Rouge. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

: The flag on the White House in Washington remains at half-staff, Monday, July 18, 2016. President Barack Obama ordered flags to be flown at half-staff until Friday to honor the police officers shot and killed over the weekend in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

: A makeshift memorial sits in front of the B-Quick convenience store in Baton Rouge, La., Tuesday, July 19, 2016, after law enforcement officers were killed on Sunday. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)

: A makeshift memorial sits in front of the B-Quick convenience store Tuesday, July 19, 2016, in Baton Rouge, La., after law enforcement officers were killed on Sunday. A former Marine set out to ambush police in Baton Rouge, authorities said Monday. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)

: A police officer places flowers, handed to him by a motorist, outside Our Lady of the Lake Medical Center, where slain and wounded police officers were taken, in Baton Rouge, Monday, July 18, 2016. Multiple police officers were killed and wounded Sunday morning in a shooting near a gas station in Baton Rouge, less than two weeks after a black man was shot and killed by police here, sparking nightly protests across the city. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

: A memorial of flowers and religious items gather in front of the B-Quick convenience store after law enforcement officers were killed and wounded by a gunman on Sunday in Baton Rouge, La., Tuesday, July 19, 2016. Several vigils and memorials are planned for the day. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)

: A man plants American flags at a makeshift memorial at the scene of the shooting of police officers, in Baton Rouge, Monday, July 18, 2016. Multiple police officers were killed and wounded Sunday morning in a shooting near a gas station in Baton Rouge, less than two weeks after a black man was shot and killed by police here, sparking nightly protests across the city. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

: Brandon Howell and Lacey Cullen look at a makeshift memorial after placing flowers, at the scene of the shooting of police officers, in Baton Rouge, Monday, July 18, 2016. Multiple police officers were killed and wounded Sunday morning in a shooting near a gas station in Baton Rouge, less than two weeks after a black man was shot and killed by police here, sparking nightly protests across the city. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

: Dechia Gerald, wife of slain Baton Rouge police officer Matthew Gerald, cries while holding their children Fynleigh, left, and Dawclyn, right, at the Healing Place Church in Baton Rouge, Monday, July 18, 2016. Left is Dechia’s mother, Denna Badeaux. Multiple police officers were killed and wounded Sunday morning in a shooting near a gas station in Baton Rouge, less than two weeks after a black man was shot and killed by police here, sparking nightly protests across the city. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

: People attend a candlelight vigil for Baton Rouge police officer Matthew Gerald, at the Healing Place Church in Baton Rouge, Monday, July 18, 2016. Multiple police officers were killed and wounded Sunday morning in a shooting near a gas station in Baton Rouge, less than two weeks after a black man was shot and killed by police here, sparking nightly protests across the city. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

: Landon Babin attends a candlelight vigil for the fallen Baton Rouge police officers at the Healing Place Church in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, July 18, 2016. Multiple police officers were killed and wounded Sunday morning in a shooting near a gas station in Baton Rouge. (Scott Clause/The Daily Advertiser via AP)

: People attend a candlelight vigil for the fallen Baton Rouge police officers at the Healing Place Church in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, July 18, 2016. Multiple police officers were killed and wounded Sunday morning in a shooting near a gas station in Baton Rouge. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

: New Jersey Police Chaplain Bob Ossler, left, hugs Matthew Saia, right, after a prayer at a makeshift memorial in Baton Rouge, Monday, July 18, 2016. Multiple police officers were killed and wounded Sunday in a shooting near a gas station in Baton Rouge, less than two weeks after a black man was shot and killed by police, sparking nightly protests across the city. (Henrietta Wildsmith/The Shreveport Times via AP)

: East Baton Rouge Sheriff officer Eddie Guidry is hugged by a teary Terri Carney, both members of The Rock Church which is a ministry on the outskirts of Baton Rouge, during a prayer vigil for the officers killed and wounded by a gunman on Sunday as well as members of the local law enforcement community in Zachary, La., Monday, July 18, 2016. About 100 people came to the special hour long prayer vigil. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)

: People gather around a memorial at the location where Baton Rouge police officers were killed and wounded, Monday, July 18, 2016, in Baton Rouge, La. (Scott Clause/The Daily Advertiser via AP)

: A memorial of flowers and religious items gather in front of the B-Quick convenience store after law enforcement officers were killed and wounded by a gunman on Sunday in Baton Rouge, La., Tuesday, July 19, 2016. Several vigils and memorials are planned for the day. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)

: People attend a candlelight vigil for Baton Rouge police officer Matthew Gerald, at the Healing Place Church in Baton Rouge, Monday, July 18, 2016. Multiple police officers were killed and wounded Sunday morning in a shooting near a gas station in Baton Rouge, less than two weeks after a black man was shot and killed by police here, sparking nightly protests across the city. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

: People attend a candlelight vigil for Baton Rouge police officer Matthew Gerald, at the Healing Place Church in Baton Rouge, Monday, July 18, 2016. Multiple police officers were killed and wounded Sunday morning in a shooting near a gas station in Baton Rouge, less than two weeks after a black man was shot and killed by police here, sparking nightly protests across the city. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

: Rodney Estess, of Baton Rouge, prays with police chaplain Bob Ossler while visiting a makeshift memorial for the officers who were killed and wounded in Sunday’s shooting, at the B-Quik gas station on Tuesday, July 19, 2016, in Baton Rouge, La. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

: In this Monday, July 18, 2016 photo, community members and local law enforcement officers line up on outside the Farmington, N.M., Museum at Gateway Park for a moment of silence in honor of the officers injured and killed on Sunday in Baton Rouge, La. (Jon Austria/The Daily Times via AP)

: In this Monday, July 18, 2016 photo, Members of the Farmington Police Department bow their heads during a moment of silence outside the Farmington, N.M., Museum at Gateway Park. The department organized five minutes of silence to honor the officers injured and killed Sunday in Baton Rouge, La. (Jon Austria/The Daily Times via AP)

: In this Monday, July 18, 2016 photo, Cheree Charley, right, stands with her husband, Shawn Sorrell, and their daughter, Baylee Sorrell, alongside other community members and law enforcement officers for a moment of silence outside the Farmington Museum at Gateway Park in Farmington, N.M. The Farmington Police Department organized the moment of silence to honor the officers injured and killed Sunday in Baton Rouge, La. (Jon Austria/The Daily Times via AP)

: In this Monday, July 18, 2016 photo, Ernest Vaughn holds a flag, during a vigil for the officers killed in Baton Rouge, La. , at the Farmington Museum at Gateway Park in Farmington, N.M. (Jon Austria/The Daily Times via AP)

: In this Monday, July 18, 2016 photo, Farmington Police Chief Steve Hebbe, center, participates in a moment of silence, in front of the Farmington Museum at Gateway Park in Farmington, N.M.(Jon Austria/The Daily Times via AP)

Baton Rouge reels in aftermath of ambush shooting, killing three officers

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