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Gunman Who Ambushed Baton Rouge Officers Searched For Police Home Addresses

A report following a nearly year-long investigation says the gunman also posted videos urging violence against police before he killed three officers and wounded three, and was himself shot to death.
A surveillance camera image showing the gunman who shot three Baton Rouge police officers, killing three, last year.

The gunman who set an ambush last summer for police in Baton Rouge, La., had written about killing officers before the attack, according to a new report released Friday by the local prosecutor.

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