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Image: An East Baton Rouge Sheriff vehicle is seen with bullet holes in its windows near the scene where police officers were shot, in Baton Rouge

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Police Investigate the Scene of Baton Rouge Shootings

Three Baton Rouge police officers were killed and three others injured Sunday morning after a lone gunmen ambushed them.

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Image: Three Police Officers Shot And Killed In Baton Rouge

Police officers stand near the scene where three police officers were killed on July 17 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The suspect, identified as Gavin Long of Kansas City, is dead after killing three police officers and injuring three more.

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Image: Law enforcement gather near scene where police officers were shot in Baton Rouge

Law enforcement gather at the scene where police officers were shot in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

— Jonathan Bachman / Reuters
Image: Three Police Officers Shot And Killed In Baton Rouge

Police officers stand near the scene of the shootings in Baton Rouge. The suspect was identified as Gavin Long, 29, of Kansas City, Missouri. 

— Sean Gardner / Getty Images
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Baton Rouge Police investigate the scene. The shootings came less than two weeks after a black man was shot and killed by police in Baton Rouge, sparking nightly protests across the city.

— Scott Clause / AP
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A Superman toy and flowers are left at the entrance to the Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, on July 17. Several officers were rushed to the hospital after the attack Sunday, spokeswoman Ashley Mendoza said.

— Max Becherer / AP
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What appear to be bloodstains mark the pavement behind the Hair Crown Beauty Supply at the shooting scene in Baton Rouge, where several law enforcement officers were shot.

— Gerald Herbert / AP
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Investigators work at the shooting scene. 

— Gerald Herbert / AP
Image: Police officers attend a vigil after a fatal shooting of Baton Rouge policemen, at Saint John the Baptist Church in Zachary

Police officers attend a vigil at Saint John the Baptist Church in Zachary, Louisiana on July 17.

— Jeffrey Dubinsky / Reuters
Image: People attend a church service following the fatal attack on Baton Rouge policemen, at Saint John the Baptist Church in Zachary

People attend a church service following the ambush at Saint John the Baptist Church in Zachary.

— Jeffrey Dubinsky / Reuters
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Pastor Robert Ossler, left, with the Millville, New Jersey Police Department, hugs nurse, Nerissa Vandewalker, on July 18 outside the gas station where the officers were shot.

— Julie Dermansky / for NBC News
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Baton Rouge Polic Officer Markell Morris holds a bouquet of flowers and a Superman action figure that a citizen left at the Our Lady of the Lake Hospital where the police officers were brought on Sunday.

— Henrietta Wildsmith / AP
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Members of the FBI patrol the perimeter of the crime scene in an armored vehicle where Baton Rouge police were shot in Baton Rouge on July 17.

— Gerald Herbert / AP
Image: An East Baton Rouge Sheriff vehicle is seen with bullet holes in its windows near the scene where police officers were shot, in Baton Rouge

Bullet holes are visible in the windows of an East Baton Rouge Sheriff vehicle on July 18 near the scene where police officers were shot. 

— Jonathan Bachman / Reuters
Image: Law enforcement personnel walk near the scene where police officers were shot in Baton Rouge

Law enforcement personnel walk on July 18 near the scene where police officers were shot in Baton Rouge.

 

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— JONATHAN BACHMAN / Reuters
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Shattered glass surrounds a bullet hole at Fitness Expo on July 18 at the fatal shooting scene in Baton Rouge.  

— Gerald Herbert / AP
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A young girl places a small American flag at a makeshift memorial for the fallen officers in front of the B-Quick store in Baton Rouge on July 18. 

— Julie Dermansky / for NBC News
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