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On July 17, Gavin Eugene Long shot and killed three police officers and wounded three others in Baton Rouge. Long was killed at the scene during a shootout with responding officers. The shooting has been linked to the nationwide tension over race and policing, with the event happening days after Sterling's death in the same city. [46] [47]
On July 17, 2016, Gavin Eugene Long shot six police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in an ambush attack, [9] in the wake of the shooting of Alton Sterling.Four died, including one who was critically wounded and died from complications in 2022, and two others were hospitalized; of the officers who initially died, two were members of the Baton Rouge Police Department, while the third worked ...
Louisiana will not charge two police officers for the fatal 2016 shooting of Alton Sterling, which was caught on video and sparked protests.
The East Baton Rouge Metro Council in Louisiana voted Wednesday night to offer a $4.5 million settlement for the family of Alton Sterling, a Black man shot and killed by police in 2016.
Rogers was fatally shot by an unidentified Chicago Police officer shortly after shooting and killing Chicago Police Officer Lee Seward at an apartment building in the Buena Park neighborhood. [270] 1987-12-29 Sanders Alfred (39) New York (Queens) Sanders was shot when he allegedly lunged a knife at officers. Officers fired 11 shots at him. [271]
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Officers responding to a disturbance call at residence were fired upon Eddie Davis who wounded one officer in the leg. Gun shots were returned and suspect suffered fatal injuries. [106] 2014-08-11: Torrez Harris (52) Black: Canton, Mississippi: Harris shot and killed his step-daughter and ran to a nearby laundry where officers shot and killed him.
The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund counted 126 federal, state, local, tribal and territorial officers killed. [14] The preliminary count from the FBI is that 51 law enforcement officers were 'feloniously' killed in the line of duty in 2014, and an additional 44 died in accidents (total: 95).