*(Via MSNBC) – Three officers in Baton Rouge were shot and killed in an apparent ambush Sunday morning, the city’s mayor told MSNBC, less than two weeks after a fatal police shooting sparked protests in the city.
At least four others were injured in the shooting, Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden said. He said the officers were responding to a call of shots fired when they were gunned down.
The condition of the gunman was not immediately clear, a Louisiana State Police spokesman told NBC News.
Multiple police units were stationed at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, where the stricken officers were believed to be undergoing treatment at a trauma center, the Associated Press reported.
A reporter with the Associated Press who was at the scene saw police vehicles with lights flashing massed about a half mile from the police headquarters on Airline Highway. Police armed with long guns on the road stopped at least two vehicles driving away from the scene and checked their trunks and vehicles before allowing them to drive away, the reporter said.
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