Police responding to reports officers shot in Baton Rouge

[BATON ROUGE, Louisiana] Police are responding to reports that multiple officers have been shot, news outlet USA Today said, citing local television stations.

The southern city was the scene of a deadly encounter between a black man and white policemen, which the U.S. Department of Justice is currently investigating.

Earlier this month, a gunman in Dallas fatally shot five police officers at a protest over the Baton Rouge killing and a separate police shooting in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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