Williams has been chasing down the details in this story, including what we know about the dead gunman. Pete . According to authorities, he turned 29 today. Hes identified as gavin eugene long of kansas city, missouri, birthday of july 17th, 1987. And beyond that, we dont know a great deal, brian. The fact is, though, that Authorities Say that whoever did this is not from baton rouge, it appears that the person who fired these shots went there from kansas city, missouri. How recently, we dont know. What the motive is, we dont know. And as you say, the question here is still what about that 911 call, what initially brought police to the area . There was a lot of confusion about this earlier today about what drew the police there, whether there was some crime in progress. But the best information we have now according to state and local officials is that 911 call was made, someone reported seeing a man with a rifle walking along the street wearing a mask, and thats what drew police. The
To anybody to make anything better. The surgeon who fought to save the citys Fallen Police officers saying this dallas Police Officers see me, a black man, and understand that i support you. I will defend you. And i will care for you. That doesnt mean that i do not fear you. And meanwhile, the former mayor of new york takes aim at black lives matter. When you say black lives matter, thats inherently racist. Plus, with the Republican Convention just one week away, donald trump says this well have that for you just a little bit later on. I want to begin with cnns ed lavendera, Martin Savidge live in dallas and Paul Sandoval live. What are police finding in Micah Johnsons home . Reporter thats one of the mysteries here. Theyre really looking through a lot of items they removed from the now the hours just after the shooting. Some of the thing s theyve found, so some extent, bombmaking explosives. We heard from a federal Law Enforcement tonight, 3 1 2 pounds of bombmaking material, a pound
The Clinton Foundation. Reporter donald trump is planning to unload today. Hes already begun it on Hillary Clinton over the Clinton Foundation calming it the most corrupt enterprise in political history saying it should be immediately shut down. Not likely Hillary Clinton is going to take the hit from donald trump. Expected he will say more about that today when he appears for a big rally in akron, ohio. Another message the Trump Campaign will be talking about is immigration. According to his son eric he has a big speech planned in colorado thursday. We have indications he may be dialing back a little bit on his plan top deport people in this country illegally. Kellyanne conway said the status of that deportation. Donald trump says hes not flipflopping on immigration. We have to be very firm and very strong. We have a lot of people coming in through the Legal Process and its not fair to them. We are working with people in the Hispanic Community to come up with a fair but firm answer. R
Governors mansion was flooded as well. I want to acknowledge senator david vitter, representative gary graves, the mayor of baton rouge, kip holden and somebody who i cant brag enough about, one of the best hires i made as president , the administrator of fema, craig fugate who has done such an outstanding job not just in dealing with this particular incident but has rebuilt fema. Everybody knows when a disaster happens fema will be on the ground cooperating with state and local officials rapidly and with attention to detail and keeping the families who have been affected uppermost in their minds so we very much appreciate everything craig has done. Its hard for craig to be here because hes a florida gator and hes been seeing a lot of lsu tshirts as weve been passing by. I had a chance to see some of the damage from the historic floods in louisiana. I come here first and foremost to say that the prayers of the entire nation with everybody who lost loved ones. We are heartbroken by the
Three other officers wounded. At 8 40 a. M. , officers spotting a man dressed in black wearing a mask and holding an ar15 style semiautomatic rifle near a convenience store. A laurenw officer said eugene l was intentionally trying to lure police. Im hit. Left arm. Reporter two minutes later, gunshots rang out. The killer out gunning the officers at the scene. 41yearold Matthew Gerald and 32yearold Montrell Jackson and brad garafolo. We never would have thought this could have happened in baton rouge, but it has. Reporter the attack coming ten days after five officers were killed in the dallas ambush by another former military veteran. 25yearold micah johnson. Gunning down officers protecting a peaceful protest to the Police Killings of Philando Castile and alton sterling. We are mourning just like dallas. My partners and my brothers. I was in the hospital with them. I saw the grief on their faces as they were trying to talk to the families. Reporter Law Enforcement says the killer rent