Baton Rouge's gunman was a former US Marine sergeant
- 8 years ago
The gunman who killed three police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Sunday was a former U.S. Marine sergeant who served in Iraq.
The suspect,The suspect, Gavin Eugene Long, 29, who also wounded three other officers, was from Kansas City, Missouri and records show he had no criminal history.In a YouTube video, Long praised the killing of the Dallas officers and said, "It's justice.""They'll try to put you with ISIS or some other terrorist group," he said."No. I'm affiliated with the spirit of justice. Nothing else."
The suspect,The suspect, Gavin Eugene Long, 29, who also wounded three other officers, was from Kansas City, Missouri and records show he had no criminal history.In a YouTube video, Long praised the killing of the Dallas officers and said, "It's justice.""They'll try to put you with ISIS or some other terrorist group," he said."No. I'm affiliated with the spirit of justice. Nothing else."