3 cops shot dead in Baton Rouge attack

Three cops were killed and three more injured — including one critically — by a masked gunmen targeting officers near police headquarters in Baton Rouge on Sunday morning, authorities said.

The shooting began around 9 a.m. when patrolling officers saw a “suspicious person walking down Airline Highway with an assault rifle,” officials said.

Cpl. L’Jean McNeely, of the Baton Rouge Police Department told reporters that the gunman, who was dressed in black, died in a final shoot-out at the Be Quick gas station.(nypost.com)…[+]