Louisiana Tragedy

• Baton Rouge shooting: VP Biden to speak at vigil honouring 3 fallen officers

  ice-President Joe Biden and U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch are scheduled to speak Thursday at a Baton Rouge vigil honouring the three law enforcement officers who were killed by a lone gunman.

  World

  Jul 28, 2016
  
• Baton Rouge shooting: Mother of gunman believes son suffered from PTSD

  The mother of the man who shot and killed three law-enforcement officers in Baton Rouge said her son would "pretty much lose it" when he heard about a black man being shot by police.

  Crime

  Jul 22, 2016
  
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• Funerals set for 3 officers killed in Baton Rouge shooting

  Funeral arrangements are set for three Baton Rouge police officers shot to death in an ambush by a lone gunman.

  Crime

  Jul 21, 2016
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• ‘It was all rants and raves’: Baton Rouge gunman’s manifesto described

  The man who ambushed and killed three law enforcement officers in Louisiana purportedly described his actions as a "necessary evil" in a self-described, handwritten manifesto

  Crime

  Jul 20, 2016
• ‘Sheer brutality’: Police detail Baton Rouge shooting scene

  The horrific scene unfolded in a matter of minutes, a black-clad man with military training stalking law enforcement officers and ignoring horrified onlookers as he shot anyone he could find wearing a badge.

  Crime

  Jul 18, 2016
• A glance at police ambush killings in US and its territories since 1932

  Authorities said Monday that police officers were clearly targeted and ambushed in this weekend's shooting in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, which killed three officers and wounded three others.

  Jul 18, 2016
• Baton Rouge shooting: slain officers all hail from same community

  The officers who died Sunday all lived just outside Denham Springs, a quiet bedroom community across the Amite River from Baton Rouge, which has been in turmoil for two weeks.

  Crime

  Jul 18, 2016
• Baton Rouge Shooting: Witnesses describe chaotic scene, hear 20-30 gunshots

  A witness to Sunday’s shooting in Baton Rouge, Louisana which has left three police officers dead and three others injured said, said he heard at least 25-30 shots at the time of the shooting.

  Crime

  Jul 17, 2016