Police in the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana say they believe they were the sole target of a shooting in which three died and three were injured .
29 year-old Gavin Long considered himself a spiritual leader and revolutionary, according to his various Internet postings.
The former US Marine traveled to Baton Rouge, the scene of a recent high profile shooting by a police officer of a black man.
After killing three policemen and wounding three others on Sunday, Gavin Long was shot dead by another officer
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards says the man's actions can't be justified by recent events...
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Louisiana State Police Superintendant Colonel Michael Edmonson provided the media with images of the assailant...
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