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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana State Police are not ready to say the gunman who killed three Baton Rouge law enforcement officers Sunday morning acted alone. However, they have released two "persons of interest" without charge after questioning them. The gunman has been identified as Gavin Long of Kansas City, a former Marine who served in Iraq. Three other officers were wounded in the attack, one critically. Police say the gunman was killed at the scene.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans-area law enforcement agencies are doubling up in response to a shooting in Baton Rouge that killed three law enforcement officers and wounded three others. The sheriff of suburban Jefferson Parish ordered two-officer patrols to begin Sunday evening and continue until further notice. New Orleans police are dispatching two single-officer cars on every call. Police are doing the same in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after a police officer was shot and seriously wounded by a domestic violence suspect early Sunday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is urging Americans to tamp down inflammatory words and actions, following killing of three law enforcement officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Speaking at the White House, the president said the country doesn't need "careless accusations thrown around to score political points or to advance an agenda." He says: "We need to temper our words and open our hearts."
CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson says city officials "aren't strangers to unrest and demonstrations" and the city is prepared for the huge crowds expected to protest during the Republican National Convention. The city's police chief says officers are ready to deal with anyone who might openly carry firearms, which is legal in Ohio. Chief Calvin Williams says police will remind people that carry weapons of their responsibilities "to make sure that everybody else is safe."
DETROIT (AP) — Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk says he's optimistic that a software update can improve the semi-autonomous Autopilot system in the company's cars. Tesla has been working on changes to Autopilot since May, after one of its Model S sedans failed to sense a tractor trailer in bright sun and crashed into it. The driver was killed. Musk says after talking with German supplier Bosch, which makes its radar sensors, it appears the update can be sent to drivers over-the-air.
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