Baton Rouge State Police say ambush shooter's intentions were 'accurate,' aimed at officers

Press Conference from earlier today at this link:

[link to www.wafb.com]

Statements made today from the Baton Rouge police and politicians can be found here at the link below. I've copied a few of those statements here:

East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff Sid J. Gautreaux says his deputy Nicholas Tullier is in "very, very critical condition."

The sheriff says "It's in God's hands. We'll just have to see what happens but he's not in good shape at all."

He says deputy Bruce Simmons meanwhile just got a titanium rod to replace an arm bone shattered by the gunman's bullet.

The sheriff also said his slain deputy Brad Garafola "went down fighting" and "returned fire to the very end" as he tried to protect a wounded police officer.

He says surveillance video showed Garafola returning fire from a prone position as bullets hit the concrete around him. Only after the deputy died did the shooter return to the wounded officer and kill him with two more bullets, at close range.

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Baton Rouge Police Chief Carl Dabadie says "that shot that our SWAT team made was a helluva shot but it had to be made."

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FBI Agent Jeff Sallet says federal investigators are actively trying to figure out if gunman Gavin Long had any associates or support for his plan to come to Baton Rouge and kill police.

Sallet says the agency is committing all resources necessary to identifying any co-conspirators or facilitators and bring them to justice."

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Sheriff Sid J. Gautreaux has described how the gunman killed officers at close range and was moving in on two other officers after wounding him when he was finally taken down.

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Louisiana State Police Col. Mike Edmonson says the gunman who shot six police officers in Baton Rouge clearly targeted law enforcement, carrying two riles and a 9 mm handgun in Sunday's ambush.

Edmonson showed overhead maps of the area to explain how Gavin Long snuck up behind police officers and shot them at close range.

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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards says the shooter who killed three police officers in Baton Rouge "came in here from somewhere else to do harm to our community."

He says "this was "a diabolical attack on the very fabric of our society. This is not hyperbole. It is not an overstatement. There is nothing more important than law and order."

[link to www.wafb.com]