Louisiana standoff: Three police officers wounded and suspect fatally shot by sniper

Three Louisiana police officers were shot during a standoff Sunday that resulted in a fatal shooting of the suspect.

Matthew Lathers, 31, was suspected in two shootings before Kenner Police Department officers gathered outside the residence of Lathers’s relative on Sunday. Earlier that day, there were two victims shot outside that same residence, which helped officers identify it later. Lathers already had an outstanding warrant for a Tuesday shooting and robbery that left a 56-year-old man in critical condition.

Officers were shot at soon after they arrived. They returned fire, but three officers were taken away in an ambulance to receive medical treatment. Two were released later Sunday. The third officer remains in stable condition with a wound on his side.

SWAT officers from KPD

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