shooting of Alton Sterling

When

5 Jul 2016

Kind

Shooting

Killed

1

Coordinates

30.47° N, 91.14° W

Description

2016 police killing of a black man in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

2016 police killing of a black man in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

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. Police were responding to a report that Sterling was selling CDs and that he had used a gun to threaten a man outside a convenience store.

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