Three suspects, including a 13-year-old, captured for taking weapons in a plot to shoot cops in Baton Rouge

Three suspects, including a 13-year-old kid, have been captured for taking firearms from a pawn shop as a major aspect of plot to assault cops in Baton Rouge, Louisiana - while a fourth stays everywhere powers said Tuesday.


Col. Mike Edmonson, administrator of the Louisiana State Police, said at a news gathering that the plot, had it been completed, would have brought about "considerable damage to police in the Baton Rouge territory." Baton Rouge Police Chief Carl Dabadie Jr. said the plot was revealed after a burglary on Saturday not long after 12 pm at a pawn shop where eight handguns and a BB rifle were stolen. Two of the handguns have yet to be recouped, he said.


Two guys, 17 year old Antonio Thomas and 20 year old Malik Bridgewater were captured on guns and robbery accusations. A third male, 23 year old Trashone Coats was captured and accused of unlawful ownership of a stolen gun.

A fourth, whose character is still obscure, is accepted to be still everywhere, alongside the two missing handguns, police said.
A 13-year-old kid, whose personality was not discharged in light of the fact that he is an adolescent, was additionally taken into guardianship regarding the pawn shop robbery, police said later in an announcement.

Police said in the announcement that Thomas was captured on the top of the pawn shop with a handgun and a BB rifle and "expressed that he and three different suspects stole the guns and were going to motivate projectiles to shoot police." Dabadie said Thomas uncovered "genuine, sound confirmation" that law authorization officers were under a genuine danger.

Powers said they couldn't uncover more points of interest in light of the fact that the examination is dynamic and covert officers stay in the field, however Edmonson said that the length of a fourth suspect stays free, all nearby law authorization officers are in risk.

Dabadie said:

"Our officers have been working all day and all night to get these guns off the lanes of Baton Rouge."

In a reference to the deadly shootings of five cops following a challenge a week ago, East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff Sid J. Gatreaux said:

"Take a gander at what happened in Dallas, a quiet dissent. The risk justifies itself with real evidence. We can't underestimate anything any longer".