This Article is From Jul 18, 2016

Barack Obama To Make Statement On Baton Rouge Shooting: Official

Barack Obama To Make Statement On Baton Rouge Shooting: Official

President Barack Obama will address in the White House briefing room.

Washington, United States: President Barack Obama will address the American people on Sunday about the shooting that killed three police officers in the Louisiana capital of Baton Rouge, amid a spate of attacks involving law enforcement.

The address, which will take place at 4:30 pm (2030 GMT) in the White House briefing room, comes after Obama condemned the "cowardly" incident in a written statement.

"For the second time in two weeks, police officers who put their lives on the line for ours every day were doing their job when they were killed in a cowardly and reprehensible assault," Obama said in the statement.

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