An ex-US Marine and Iraq war veteran, shot and killed three Baton Rouge police on Sunday -- including an African-American officer who had a baby son.
President Barack Obama condemned the "cowardly" shooting and demanded an end to attacks on law enforcement.
Here are profiles of the victims:
- Montrell Jackson, 32 -
Jackson was an African-American officer and 10-year veteran of the police department. He was married and had a four month-old son.
On July 8, the day after the Dallas police shootings in which a black gunman killed five police and wounded several others, Jackson wrote on Facebook that events had left him physically and emotionally tired.
"I swear to God I love this city but I wonder if this city loves me," Jackson wrote.
"In uniform I get nasty hateful looks and out of uniform some consider me a threat ... Please don't let hate infect your heart. This city MUST and WILL get better."
Jackson was injured and treated for smoke inhalation in 2007 after he rushed into a burning building in a failed attempt to rescue a toddler, local newspaper The Advocate reported.
- Brad Garafola, 45 -
Garafola was a member of the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office. He had worked a night shift and was preparing to go on vacation on Monday.
He had four children, two boys and two girls, aged between seven to 21.
"He was a great guy. Not just a great law enforcement, he was a great husband and a great father," his wife Tonja Garafola told The Advocate. "He didn't deserve this. He always helped everybody."
- Matthew Gerald, 41 -
Gerald was an Army veteran who was a helicopter crew chief and served several tours of duty in Iraq.
He had joined the city police department in October.
"He was a damn good man," neighbor Stephanie Morgan, who had known him since 2009, told The Advocate. "You're not going to find any better."
An ex-US Marine and Iraq war veteran, shot and killed three Baton Rouge police on Sunday — including an African-American officer who had a baby son.
President Barack Obama condemned the “cowardly” shooting and demanded an end to attacks on law enforcement.
Here are profiles of the victims:
– Montrell Jackson, 32 –
Jackson was an African-American officer and 10-year veteran of the police department. He was married and had a four month-old son.
On July 8, the day after the Dallas police shootings in which a black gunman killed five police and wounded several others, Jackson wrote on Facebook that events had left him physically and emotionally tired.
“I swear to God I love this city but I wonder if this city loves me,” Jackson wrote.
“In uniform I get nasty hateful looks and out of uniform some consider me a threat … Please don’t let hate infect your heart. This city MUST and WILL get better.”
Jackson was injured and treated for smoke inhalation in 2007 after he rushed into a burning building in a failed attempt to rescue a toddler, local newspaper The Advocate reported.
– Brad Garafola, 45 –
Garafola was a member of the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office. He had worked a night shift and was preparing to go on vacation on Monday.
He had four children, two boys and two girls, aged between seven to 21.
“He was a great guy. Not just a great law enforcement, he was a great husband and a great father,” his wife Tonja Garafola told The Advocate. “He didn’t deserve this. He always helped everybody.”
– Matthew Gerald, 41 –
Gerald was an Army veteran who was a helicopter crew chief and served several tours of duty in Iraq.
He had joined the city police department in October.
“He was a damn good man,” neighbor Stephanie Morgan, who had known him since 2009, told The Advocate. “You’re not going to find any better.”
