A man “dressed in black with his face covered” has shot and killed three police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Authorities now say he was one of three assailants.
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• Gunman opened fire close to Baton Rouge Police Department headquarters
• Three officers slain, three in critical condition
• One suspect is dead, described as a “black male with body armor,” wearing black fatigues and firing a semi-automatic rifle
• The attack comes two days after the funeral of Alton Sterling, a black man killed by police during an arrest
• Two Fridays ago in Dallas, a black militant named Micah X. Johnson shot and killed five police officers and wounded seven
• Donald Trump: Nation’s divisions are hurting national security efforts
• Hillary Clinton takes cautious tone… seven hours after the attack
