Four East Baton Rouge law enforcement officers who lost their lives after they were ambushed on July 17, 2016 are now commemorated in the renaming of the portion of Airline Highway where they responded to reports of a man walking with a rifle and spotted him near a convenience store in the 9000 block.
Baton Rouge police officers Montrell Jackson and Matthew Gerald and East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Deputy Brad Garafola died at the scene when the gunman began firing. Sheriff’s Deputy Nick Tullier, who was critically injured in the attack, died on May 5, 2022.
Two other officers, who were shot, survived…