We're glad we got him into custody tonight, so the manhunt is complete. "We wanted to make sure our surrounding areas and parishes know that he was taken into custody, so they don't have to worry about him tonight. Webre said Mire was taken into custody and booked in East Baton Rouge Parish. "He tried to kill that trooper there," Webre said during the conference.Īccording to Webre, a manhunt in the Hoo Shoo Too Road area involved multiple law enforcement agencies. and Hoo Shoo Too Road in East Baton Rouge, just north of the Prairieville area of Ascension Parish.Īscension Parish Sheriff Bobby Webre said the suspect was in a gunfight with a trooper in the Hoo Shoo Too Road area. The area is near the Capital One bank branch in Prairieville.Īdditionally, a law enforcement presence was seen at the intersection of Jefferson Hwy. Late in the evening, a heavy law enforcement presence was visible in the area of Dutton Road, which is at the intersection of Hwy. "Please keep our troopers and Trooper Gaubert’s family in your prayers," he said.ĭavis also expressed gratitude to all of the agencies providing assistance throughout the day. Theresa of Avila Knights of Columbus Council 2657 in 2008 as outstanding State Trooper working in Ascension Parish.ĭuring the news conference, Davis said the incident will be fully investigated. In the days ahead, we will mourn his tragic death and honor his service to our department and the citizens of Louisiana," Davis said. "Gaubert embodied everything we stand for honor, duty, selfless service, and courage. Preliminary information indicates that Gaubert was shot and killed in the area where an early morning homicide occurred. "At this time, we ask that you please respect Trooper Gaubert's family's privacy as they mourn this senseless and tragic death," Davis said. Mire was taken into custody without incident shortly before 10 p.m. The same attorneys who filed Friday's suit previously sued Black Lives Matter and Mckesson on behalf of another Baton Rouge cop who was injured during a protest over Sterling's death last July.Matthew Reese Mire, 31, was announced as a suspect in the shooting. The Associated Press also notes that the suit does not reveal the officer's name but its description of matches that of East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Deputy Nicholas Tullier, who has been at a Houston rehabilitation hospital since November. The attack occurred less than two weeks after the death of Alton Sterling, who was fatally shot by a Baton Rouge police officer. The suit also claims Black Lives Matter leaders incited others to harm police 'in retaliation for the death of black men killed by police' and 'all but too late' began to denounce the shootings of police after the Baton Rouge attack. The suit describes Long as an 'activist whose actions followed and mimicked those of' the sniper who killed officers in Dallas days earlier. READ: DeRay Mckesson Not Charged For Protesting In Baton RougeĪs the Associated Press reports: Friday's lawsuit claims Mckesson was 'in charge of' a July 9 protest that 'turned into a riot.' Mckesson 'did nothing to calm the crowd and, instead, he incited the violence' on behalf of Black Lives Matter, the suit alleges. The suit was filed on behalf of one of the officers wounded during an attack from Gavin Long, a black Marine veteran who killed three other police officers before being shot dead on July 17. In a report from the Associated Press, the federal lawsuit lists DeRay Mckesson and four other Black Lives Matter leaders as defendants. Photo by Eduardo Munoz/ Alvarez/AFP/Getty Images A Louisiana police officer has filed a lawsuit against Black Lives Matter accusing the organization of inciting violence that led to the deadly ambush of Baton Rouge cops by a gunman last summer.
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