Killing of Alton Sterling
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On July 5, 2016, Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old black man, was shot and killed by two Baton Rouge Police Department officers, Blane Salamoni and Howie Lake II, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States.
Officers and Sterling during altercation
The Triple S Food Market in Baton Rouge, where Sterling was shot by the Baton Rouge Police
Second memorial for Alton Sterling near the Triple S Food Mart
On July 7, 2016, Micah Xavier Johnson ambushed and shot police officers in Dallas, Texas, killing five, injuring nine others, and wounding two civilians. Johnson, a 25-year-old Army Reserve Afghan War
Killing of Alton Sterling
…protest was held in Dallas, Texas, relating to this shooting of Sterling and Castile on July 6. At the end of the peaceful protest, Micah Xavier Johnson opened fire in an ambush, killing five police officers and wounding eleven others including two civilians. Johnson was then cornered in a defensible location in El Centro College…
Screenshot from a video showing Micah Johnson in front of El Centro College, on the Lamar Street side
A screenshot of CCTV footage in El Centro college of Micah roaming around.
Law enforcement personnel investigating the crime scene
Former first lady Laura Bush, former President George W Bush, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at a memorial service for one of the officers killed in the shooting