Hillar Moore Releases Details of July 2016 Baton Rouge Police Ambush

How did this guy, not a Baton Rouge native, learn that this location was popular amongst cops? Where did he get the information to plan this thing?

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How did this guy, not a Baton Rouge native, learn that this location was popular amongst cops? Where did he get the information to plan this thing?

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He didn't. It looks like he found a cop while driving and just followed him.

I had always been under the impression that Gerald and Jackson were called to the scene after Garafola radioed out for assistance. It looks like Jackson and Gerald's cars are what attracted him to that location, and he killed all the officers on scene, then targeted those arriving until SRT took his arse out.

What's amazing is that he literally jumped across the car wash entrance with rifle in hand as people were waiting to get in. There's always a Benny's employee directing people into the wash so he obviously gave no fricks about being seen.

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The search of Long’s laptop showed it was used to search for the addresses, phone numbers, and biographical information of the two BRPD officers involved in the Alton Sterling shooting.

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I had always been under the impression that Gerald and Jackson were called to the scene after Garafola radioed out for assistance. It looks like Jackson and Gerald's cars are what attracted him to that location, and he killed all the officers on scene, then targeted those arriving until SRT took his arse out.

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From reading the report, Garafola and Jackson were at the Bquik. Jackson purchased a bottle of water and proceeded to Benny's to air up his tires and wash his car while Garafola remained in the store. During all of this, Gerald is sitting at the red light on Airline waiting to turn left into the Bquik. If you watch the surveillance footage around 3:10 you will see Gerald's unit pull up to the red light and stop. A few seconds later a white Chevy Malibu, driven by Long, pulls up next to Gerald at the red light. As the video continues, Gerald pulls into the Bquick and Long proceeds down Airline and pulls an illegal uturn and heads back to the Bquik.

Also, I thought that the SRT took him out with a single shot, but that wasn't the case

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Meanwhile, members of BRPD’s Special Response Team (SRT) learned of the shooting incident and proceeded to the scene directly from BRPD Headquarters, which is a short distance away on Airline Highway. Members of SRT were stationed at BRPD Headquarters due to the recent protests in Baton Rouge. Four SRT members, SRT 1, SRT 2, SRT 3, and SRT 4, arrived on scene in two separate unmarked units and parked in front of the B-Quik near the gas pumps. Shortly thereafter, SRT 5 and SRT 6 arrived in their unmarked black Chevrolet Tahoe and parked by the Benny’s Car Wash sign adjacent to Airline Highway, next to the Fitness Expo. As soon as SRT 5 exited his unit, he saw Long standing at the back of the Fitness Expo parking lot. SRT 5 reported that Long was dressed in all black, armed with a tan colored rifle, and had a black mask covering his face. SRT 5 saw Long focus on him and his partner. As a result, they took cover just as Long began to fire at them. At 8:45:57 a.m., a BRPD officer radioed to all to “take cover; more shots fired.” SRT 5 recalled hearing the sound of the bullets flying past him and also striking the metal - 8 - pole he was using for cover while he was being shot at by Long. SRT 5 returned fire using his department issued Colt Defense M4LE rifle; SRT 6 returned fire using his department issued Colt Defense AR-15 A3 rifle. SRT 5 fired until he expended his entire magazine of ammunition. As SRT 5 was firing the last round in his magazine, Long appeared to have been hit and fell to the ground with his rifle in close proximity to his hands. Long is seen on surveillance footage falling to the ground while turning to a prone position at 8:46:15 a.m.; however, he still is clearly alive and moving toward his gun which was in the vicinity of his hands. During this time, Citizen R.P. made a 911 call stating that there was a guy with an assault rifle who was shooting at cops and that multiple shots were fired by both the cops and the subject. SRT 1 and SRT 2 went to the vehicle loading area for the car wash at Benny’s. When they arrived, Long was already lying on the ground with his hands near his rifle. SRT 1 recalled seeing Long lying prone on the ground and moving his hands toward his rifle which was within his reach. SRT 2 focused on Long while providing cover for SRT members in order for SRT to get closer to Long as he was lying prone. SRT 3 and SRT 4 initially ran near the fence by the car wash until they heard shots being fired in opposite directions. Not wanting to be caught in crossfire, they ran toward the front of Benny’s Car Wash where they met up with SRT 5 and SRT 6. As SRT 5 advanced with SRT 6, SRT 4, and SRT 3 toward Long, they stopped briefly at an EBRSO marked unit. The driver door was open and inside of the vehicle was Deputy Tullier who was gravely injured and unresponsive. SRT members radioed that there was another officer down; they kept advancing toward Long while another group of officers assisted Deputy Tullier. A group of BRPD officers transferred Deputy Tullier into a BRPD unit at 8:49:16 a.m. and brought him to a waiting ambulance for transport to the hospital. SRT 2 heard the loud verbal commands given to Long, who at the time was not moving but was still breathing. SRT 3 recalled hearing numerous law enforcement officers screaming “Don’t move!” at Long. As SRT members closed in, SRT 3 observed Long moving his hands and believed that Long was either attempting to detonate some kind of explosive device or reach for the rifle. SRT 3 fired two rounds at Long using his Colt M4LE semi-automatic rifle. SRT 2 saw Long reach again for his rifle, which was - 9 - still positioned near his hands. SRT 1 yelled out, “Moving!” as Long reached toward his rifle. Fearing Long was going to re-arm himself and kill the approaching officers, SRT 1 and SRT 2 fired their department issued Colt M4LE semi-automatic rifles at Long until Long was no longer a threat to officers. Simultaneously, SRT 1, SRT 3, SRT 5, and SRT 6 also saw Long move toward his rifle causing each of them to shoot at Long. All five officers who fired their weapons were using their department issued rifles. SRT 4 was providing sweeping cover and did not see Long reach for his rifle; therefore, he did not fire his weapon. According to the surveillance footage, these shots were fired at 8:49:28 a.m. At 8:51:57 a.m., SRT 5 radioed, “We have a shooter down behind the Fitness Expo. Black male [in] black fatigues; may be wearing body armor. He is armed with an assault rifle. He is down.”

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5 SRT members fired almost 90 shots and Long was hit 45 times, per his autopsy

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5 SRT members fired almost 90 shots and Long was hit 45 times, per his autopsy

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Sidenote: He was high on meth and apparently had a little booze in him but could have been night before hangover.


All of those LEO responding were heroes that day. But man I can't stop thinking about Jackson and Garafola for the courage they displayed moving towards Long and tending to Gerald respectively with nothing but vests and handguns

And watching animation of the SRT. Those guys didn't frick around closing in on him. The encouraging solace in the tragedy is to see so many brave LEO respond without hesitation(IMO by watching the animation and listening to the dispatch).
They'll be analyzing and using this tragedy for years in training. And I hope/expect it'll help prevent or mitigate incidents like this in the future.

I feel for the families that have to endure all this shite again just a couple of weeks before the 1 year anniversary.

The release of this could have at least waited for that out of respect for the families

Watching the video of police/shooters movements along with the officers' voices just before getting shot is chilling. I had an internal anxiety attack while watching it.

frick that guy and frick the entire BLM movement. frick. Them.

God that day still pisses me off, that piece of shite got out easy

That psychopath is a direct result of the rhetoric spewed by the BLM opportunitsts. You make marytrs out of criminals and cops out to be murderers it just takes one lunatic to take matters into their own hands.