Reporter theyre just wrapping up a press conference where officials said theyre pretty confident that the gunman was working alone on the ground here in baton rouge, and in the hours after the shooting, two persons of interest were taken into custody, but they were later released. They have not ruled out the possibility of accomplices. Police say gavin long opened fire on cops yesterday morning, just before 9 00 a. M. Local tike the gunmans 29th birthday. Cops say they were specifically targeted. Listen. It is a chilling and sheer brutality of the shooting. There is no doubt whatsoever that these officers were intentionally targeted and assassinated. It was a calculated act against those who work to protect this Community Every sickle day. Every single day. One. Reporter one reason for the remark, they said that there were citizens in the area and they were not hit at all. Only officers thats why they believe they were targeted specifically. Police described a chaotic scene. All of the
And they have the job of going through and processing this very elaborate and wide spread crime scene. The fbi is the lead agency here but about 30 agents with atf are assisting and going through the crime scene right now. Those agents local agents from the dallasbased office of atf. Theyre using canines and other equipment to help recover all of those shell casings. And those are extremely important pieces of evidence. Police say this process could last until wednesday. Meaning this large portion of downtown would remain sealed off to the public. Now, this is worth reiterating because it was really unpre unprecedented but the gunman was ultimately taken down by a controlled detonation. In other words, they blew him up. Listen. The same automated robot equipment to detonate and diffuse bombs was used to place c4 in place and to detonate that. This was a man that we gave plenty of options to, to give himself up peacefully and we spent a lot of time talking. He had a choice to come out a
Caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. The factor begins. Bill hi, i am bill oreilly. Thanks for watching us tonight. The First Casualty of the Trump Administration, that is the subject of this evenings talking points memo. National security chiefig Michael Flynn has resigned. The general got into trouble over a phone call he had with the Russian Ambassador before, before donald trump took office. The issue is centered on sanctions president obama slapped on russia. Apparently, general flynn discussed that with the russians. Michael flynn should have known that his call was being taped,d, both by american and russian intelligence agencies. That is standard. But then things get foggy. I dont know what general flynne said, nobody knows at this point, except government officials because there is a transcript of the conversation, as yet unreleased. But according to fox news correspondent john roberts, general flynn misled Vice President pence about the content of the call. And t
The no spin zone. Sb 16 begins. Bill hi, i am bill oreilly. Thanks for watching us tonight. The First Casualty of the Trump Administration, that is a subject of this evenings talking points memo. National security chief Michael Flynn has resigned. The general got into trouble over a phone call he had with the Russian Ambassador before, before donald trump took office. The issue is centered on sanctions president obama slapped on russia, apparently, general flynn discussed that with the russians. Michael flynn should have known that his call was being taped, both by american and russian intelligence agencies, that is standard. But then, things get foggy. I dont know what general flynn said, nobody knows at this point, except government officials because there is a transcript of the conversation, as yet unreleased. According to fox news correspondent john roberts, general flynn misled Vice President depends about the content of the call. That is the big reason he was fired. Vice presiden
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