NPR News:美国巴吞鲁日3名警察遇袭身亡 枪手系非裔退伍军人

Let's learn more now about the man responsible for yesterday's shooting in Baton Rouge. He opened fire Sunday morning. He killed three officers who responded to a call of a suspicious person.
Police then killed the gunman. He is identified as Gavin Eugene Long. He was 29 years old. He's described as a former Marine.
MONTAGNE: NPR's Frank Morris is in Baton Rouge. He's been learning about him. Good morning.
FRANK MORRIS, BYLINE: Good morning, Renee.
MONTAGNE: What do you know as of this morning?
MORRIS: Well, he's an African-American man. He's from the Kansas City area, graduated from high school in a suburb of Kansas City in 2005 and right away enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2005 and served in Iraq in 2008 and 2009. And he was discharged honorably. And he went to the University of Alabama for one semester, and then he claims on social media that he went on this kind of long mission of self-discovery. He traveled, went to Africa. He was married and divorced in Kansas City. And then, just last year, he declared himself a sovereign citizen, that is above the laws of the United States.
MONTAGNE: And, Frank, police surrounded his home in Kansas City last night. What happened there?
MORRIS: Well, they — FBI agents searched both a house and an apartment in Kansas City for hours last night. They cornered off the area and wouldn't let people in and out. It wasn't violent, though. And we do not know what those FBI agents found. There was no press conference last night, hoping to learn more about that today.
 

Let's learn more now about the man responsible for yesterday's shooting in Baton Rouge. He opened fire Sunday morning. He killed three officers who responded to a call of a suspicious person.
Police then killed the gunman. He is identified as Gavin Eugene Long. He was 29 years old. He's described as a former Marine.
MONTAGNE: NPR's Frank Morris is in Baton Rouge. He's been learning about him. Good morning.
FRANK MORRIS, BYLINE: Good morning, Renee.
MONTAGNE: What do you know as of this morning?
MORRIS: Well, he's an African-American man. He's from the Kansas City area, graduated from high school in a suburb of Kansas City in 2005 and right away enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2005 and served in Iraq in 2008 and 2009. And he was discharged honorably. And he went to the University of Alabama for one semester, and then he claims on social media that he went on this kind of long mission of self-discovery. He traveled, went to Africa. He was married and divorced in Kansas City. And then, just last year, he declared himself a sovereign citizen, that is above the laws of the United States.
MONTAGNE: And, Frank, police surrounded his home in Kansas City last night. What happened there?
MORRIS: Well, they — FBI agents searched both a house and an apartment in Kansas City for hours last night. They cornered off the area and wouldn't let people in and out. It wasn't violent, though. And we do not know what those FBI agents found. There was no press conference last night, hoping to learn more about that today.

MONTAGNE: What did the police say they know about his motive at this point in time?
MORRIS: Police aren't really talking explicitly about his motive. But he self-published at least one book recently. And there a whole bunch of social media pages registered in the name of Gavin Long, where there are videos under a brand, if you will, Convos with Cosmo. And these show a man dispensing, you know, one minute pretty standard self-help-type advice and the next promoting violence against the government.
And he's clearly outraged by the police shootings of black men, like Alton Sterling, was killed here in Baton Rouge on July 5. And he says in one of these videos that protests don't work, that all oppressors care about is revenue and blood and that nothing else will get their attention.
MONTAGNE: There were three police officers killed in this attack. And one of those officers was Montrell Jackson. NPR's Michel Martin spoke with his brother Kedrick Pitts yesterday. Let's just take a listen.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED BROADCAST)
KEDRICK PITTS: He didn't want any hatred going on and especially killing, you know. He was a police officer. He wanted peace.
MONTAGNE: Frank, what do you — what can you tell us about Officer Montrell Jackson?
MORRIS: Montrell Jackson was also African-American. He had been on the force for 10 years as of last month, reportedly a really nice guy. He was injured trying to rescue a toddler from a fire several years ago. And just this March he had a baby son.
MONTAGNE: That's so sad. Well, thank you very much. We'll be hearing more about this later in the day. NPR's Frank Morris in Baton Rouge, thanks.
MORRIS: Thanks a lot, Renee.

MONTAGNE: What did the police say they know about his motive at this point in time?
MORRIS: Police aren't really talking explicitly about his motive. But he self-published at least one book recently. And there a whole bunch of social media pages registered in the name of Gavin Long, where there are videos under a brand, if you will, Convos with Cosmo. And these show a man dispensing, you know, one minute pretty standard self-help-type advice and the next promoting violence against the government.
And he's clearly outraged by the police shootings of black men, like Alton Sterling, was killed here in Baton Rouge on July 5. And he says in one of these videos that protests don't work, that all oppressors care about is revenue and blood and that nothing else will get their attention.
MONTAGNE: There were three police officers killed in this attack. And one of those officers was Montrell Jackson. NPR's Michel Martin spoke with his brother Kedrick Pitts yesterday. Let's just take a listen.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED BROADCAST)
KEDRICK PITTS: He didn't want any hatred going on and especially killing, you know. He was a police officer. He wanted peace.
MONTAGNE: Frank, what do you — what can you tell us about Officer Montrell Jackson?
MORRIS: Montrell Jackson was also African-American. He had been on the force for 10 years as of last month, reportedly a really nice guy. He was injured trying to rescue a toddler from a fire several years ago. And just this March he had a baby son.
MONTAGNE: That's so sad. Well, thank you very much. We'll be hearing more about this later in the day. NPR's Frank Morris in Baton Rouge, thanks.
MORRIS: Thanks a lot, Renee.
我们来详细了解一下昨天巴吞鲁日枪击案的凶手。他在周日上午开枪。有人报警称看到一名可疑男子，三名接到报警电话赶去的警察被凶手枪杀。
之后，警方击毙了枪手。凶手身份已经确定，凶手叫加文·尤金·朗，29岁，前海军陆战队队员。
蒙塔：NPR新闻的弗兰克·莫里斯现在正在巴吞鲁日。他一直在了解凶手的情况。早上好。
弗兰克·莫里斯连线：早上好，芮妮。
蒙塔：截至今天早上，你了解到了什么情况？
莫里斯：他是非裔美国人。他来自堪萨斯城，2005年毕业于堪萨斯城郊区的一所高中，高中毕业后马上加入了海军陆战队，2008年到2009年在伊拉克服役。随后光荣退伍。他退伍后进入阿拉巴马大学进行了一个学期的学习，随后他在社交媒体上宣布他要开始一个长期任务来发现自我。他去了非洲旅行。随后他回到堪萨斯城结婚，后又离婚。去年，他宣布自己是主权公民，凌驾于美国法律之上。
蒙塔：弗兰克，警方昨晚包围了他位于堪萨斯城的家。当时发生了什么？
莫里斯：昨晚，美国联邦调查局探员搜查了他位于堪萨斯城的房子和公寓。他们封锁了那个地区，不让任何人进出。不过现场并没有发生暴力情况。目前我们并不知道联邦调查局发现了什么。昨晚并没有开新闻发布会，希望今天我们能了解更多情况。
蒙塔：目前警方有透露凶手的动机吗？
莫里斯：警方并没有明确说明他的动机。不过，他最近自费出版了一本书。而且有很多用加文·朗这个名字注册的社交媒体，有个叫“和科斯莫对话”的专题中有很多视频。在视频里，这个人在前一分钟还在为你提供非常标准的自助式建议，下一分钟就会鼓吹针对政府的暴力行动。
很明显，他对警察枪杀埃尔顿·斯特林等黑人男子的事件感到非常愤怒，斯特林于7月5日在巴吞鲁日被警察枪杀。他在其中一个视频里表示，抗议没有用，统治者在意的只是收入，流血事件和其他事情根本不会引起他们的注意。
蒙塔：这起袭击造成3名警察死亡。其中一名警察是蒙特里尔·杰克逊。NPR新闻的迈克尔·马丁昨天采访了他的弟弟凯德里克·皮茨。我们来听一下这段采访。
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凯德里克·皮茨：他不希望发生任何仇恨事件，他尤其不希望看到凶杀案。他是名警察，他想要和平。
蒙塔：弗兰克，你能介绍一下蒙特里尔·杰克逊警官吗？
莫里斯：蒙特里尔·杰克逊也是非裔美国人。截至上个月，他已经做了10年警察，据说他人非常好。几年前，他在火灾中救孩子时受了伤。今年3月，他的儿子刚刚出生。
蒙塔：这太令人难过了。非常谢谢你的报道。稍后我们将进一步了解相关情况。以上是NPR新闻的弗兰克·莫里斯从巴吞鲁日带来的报道，谢谢。
莫里斯：非常感谢，芮妮。=