By Victor Morton - The Washington Times
The Baton Rouge gunman has been identified as
Gavin Eugene Long according to multiple news outlets Sunday afternoon.
Citing unnamed sources" CBS News
reported that Mr. Long was a black man from Kansas City Missouri who committed the ambush on his 29th birthday. The network also identified him as an ex-Marine who apparently had social-media accounts pushing black separatism.
NBC News
reported the same name some moments later citing several law enforcement officials."
The Wall Street Journal reported citing a person briefed on the investigation" that
the suspect had ties to an antigovernment group called the New Freedom Group."
According to CBS News Long used such online pseudonyms as Cosmo Setepenra" and ConvosWithCosmo."
Mr. Long apparently traveled to Louisiana as his publicly available addresses are all in the Kansas City area and in Tuscaloosa the site of the University of Alabama where he had been
named to the Deans List in 2012.
Three officers were killed and three were more injured Sunday in what police are describing as an ambush attack. The gunman was slain by police though authorities are searching for possible accomplices.
The attack took place just a quarter-mile from the site where Alton Sterling was killed by police less than two weeks ago. That videotaped killing has sparked continuous Black Lives Matter and similar demonstrations against police in Baton Rouge and nationwide.
