Baton Rouge's chief administrative officer, William Daniel, confirmed Sunday morning that three officers have died in an attack on police in which six were shot. Two were Baton Rouge police officers and one was an East Baton Rouge Parish deputy.
The incident reportedly began when police were notified about a "suspicious person walking down Airline Highway with an assault rifle," a source with knowledge of the circumstances told CNN. Once the officers arrived, the gunman allegedly began shooting indiscriminately.
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