BATON ROUGE, LA. — Vice-President Joe Biden and U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch are scheduled to speak at a Baton Rouge vigil honouring the three law enforcement officers who were killed by a gunman during a shootout outside a convenience store. Authorities said Long was targeting police when he ambushed the officers in Baton Rouge, where racial tensions had been mounting amid protests over a deadly police shooting. Alton Sterling, 37, a black man, was shot and killed during a struggle with two white police officers July 5. John Bel Edwards and relatives of the slain officers also are expected to speak Thursday during the ceremony at Healing Place Church, where a funeral was held last Friday for Baton Rouge Police Officer Matthew Gerald, 41.

Source: thestar July 28, 2016 13:30 UTC