Details sketchy: UPDATE 2:30pm EDT – Eye Witness Video Added – At approximately 9am local/10m Eastern ♦ Six police officers were shot, three of them were killed in a shootout in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. ♦ The shooting happened less than 1 mile from police headquarters. ♦ Officers were responding to a calll of a suspicious man with an assault rifle near a B-Quik convenience store. ♦ The situation at a location on Airline Highway near Old Hammond Highway, WAFB reported. ♦ The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development reported the highway is closed.

♦ Latest report was an initial call to police for an armed man walking down the street carrying an assault style weapon, followed by an ambush from other gunmen toward the position of the arriving officers.

Disturbing Video Below:

CBS – […] Baton Rouge Police Sgt. Don Coppola did not know the extent of the injuries or give the precise number of officers injured. He says they were rushed to a local hospital. He said that authorities believe the “scene is contained,” meaning that a shooter was unlikely on the loose. (link)

Airline Highway (US 61) remains closed in both directions between Goodwood Blvd and I-12 due to police activity. Use alternate route. — Baton Rouge Traffic (@BR_Traffic) July 17, 2016

There's a chopper overhead, seeing state troopers, deputy sheriffs and even LSU police — Steve Hardy (@SteveRHardy) July 17, 2016

7 BRPD officers shot, 6 at the Lake and 1 on bluebonnet in critical condition — Latrell (@gigibadazz) July 17, 2016