The officers in Baton Rouge were responding to a call of shots fired when they were ambushed by at least one gunman, Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden said. One suspect is dead and police are checking the shooting scene with a robot to make sure there are no explosives, Baton Rouge Police spokesman L'Jean Mckneely said. The 37-year-old African-American father of five was shot and killed at close quarters by law enforcement officers on July 5. Also read:Dallas: Snipers shoot 11 police officers, kill 5 at rally against police brutalityDallas shootings: Black US military veteran who wanted to kill 'white people' was lone gunman He attended a memorial service last week for five Dallas police officers killed by a black ex-US soldier at the end of a protest against fatal police shootings of two black men, the one in Baton Rouge and another in Minnesota.

Source: India Today July 17, 2016 15:59 UTC