Montrell Jackson, 32, a 10-year veteran of the Baton Rouge Police Department, was one of three officers killed in a Sunday morning shootout, according to The Advocate.
Jackson, who recently became a father, wrote a Facebook post following the death of Alton Sterling. Sterling, a 37-year-old black man, was shot dead after being tackled to the ground by two Baton Rouge police officers on July 5.
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“I’m tired physically and emotionally,” Jackson wrote in the post, which has now gone viral online.
“I’ve experienced so much in my short life and these last 3 days have tested me to the core. When people you know begin to question your integrity you realize they don’t really know you at all all. Look at my actions they speak LOUD and CLEAR,” he said.
Jackson also urged fellow Louisianians not to “let hate infect your heart.”
“This city MUST and WILL get better,” he concluded, adding, “I’m working in these streets so any protestors, officers, friends, family, or whoever, if you see me and need a hug or want to say a prayer. I got you.”
Checked, & this appears legit. Posted 10 days ago by Montrell Jackson, a #BatonRouge officer killed. Devastating. pic.twitter.com/6MUu9bfXtQ
— Hannah Jane Parkinson (@ladyhaja) July 17, 2016
The suspect in the attack that left three other officers also wounded has been identified as Gavin Long of Kansas City, a 29-year-old ex-Marine who was killed at the scene.
“[Long’s] movements, his direction, his attention was on police officers,” state police Col. Mike Edmonson said Monday morning, adding that the gunman “certainly was seeking out police officers.” Long also used the word “ambush” to describe the attack, Edmonson revealed.
