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Monday, July 18, 2016

The Baton Rouge gunman was a Marine who served in Iraq. The authorities identified him as Gavin Long of Kansas City, Mo.

The Baton Rouge gunman was a Marine who served in Iraq. The authorities identified him as Gavin Long of Kansas City, Mo.

Sunday, July 17, 2016 7:36 PM EDT


Mr. Long joined the Marine corps in 2005, served five years and was made a sergeant in 2008, according to his service record. He was killed by the police after fatally shooting three law enforcement officers and wounding three others wounded on Sunday in Baton Rouge, La.
The police said initially that they were looking for other possible suspects, but the superintendent of the Louisiana State Police, Col. Michael Edmonson, said at a news conference that the person who attacked the officers had been shot and killed at the scene.
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