--- description: Police in Baton Rouge, La., say they’ve arrested three people who were planning an attack on police officers and stole guns from a pawn shop title: Authorities Foil Planned Attack on Baton Rouge Police Officers image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2f83473b467fb15/69889baeab6d77a9cb6aa6db/baton-rouge-police.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Authorities Foil Planned Attack on Baton Rouge Police Officers  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 12, 2016 11:23 PM CUT  Sheriff deputies ride outside an armored vehicle in Baton Rouge, La., on July 9, 2016. Sheriff deputies ride outside an armored vehicle in Baton Rouge, La., on July 9, 2016.Max Becherer—AP  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 12, 2016 11:23 PM CUT Authorities in Baton Rouge, La., have arrested three people who officials say stole guns from a local pawn shop and [planned an attack on police officers](http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2016/07/baton%5Frouge%5Fauthorities%5Fsay%5Fth.html "undefined") days after the fatal police shooting of [Alton Sterling](http://time.com/4395459/alton-sterling-baton-rouge-police-shooting/ "undefined"). The suspects, whose identities have not yet been released, allegedly burglarized a pawn shop over the weekend, _The Times-Picayune_ reports. One of the suspects told police that he and three other people were plotting to get guns and ammunition to target police officers, authorities said. “This was an actual, credible threat,” State Police Superintendent Mike Edmonson told the newspaper. A fourth suspect is still at large, police said. Sterling, a 37-year-old black man, was killed by police last week in an encounter that was largely captured on video and raised widespread concerns about the officers’ actions. His high-profile death — and that of Philando Castile, another black man in Minnesota — sparked anger and protests, which preceded the fatal shootings of [five police officers in Dallas](http://time.com/4403543/president-obama-dallas-shooting-memorial-service-speech-transcript/ "undefined"). \[[_Times-Picayune_](http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2016/07/baton%5Frouge%5Fauthorities%5Fsay%5Fth.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4403838/baton-rouge-police-attack-arrest/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4403838/baton-rouge-police-attack-arrest/"},"headline":"Authorities Foil Planned Attack on Baton Rouge Police Officers","datePublished":"2016-07-12T23:23:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T09:53:56.684Z","description":"\"This was an actual, credible threat\"","url":"https://time.com/4403838/baton-rouge-police-attack-arrest/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2f83473b467fb15/69889baeab6d77a9cb6aa6db/baton-rouge-police.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2f83473b467fb15/69889baeab6d77a9cb6aa6db/baton-rouge-police.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Police Shootings Louisiana","caption":"Sheriff deputies ride outside an armored vehicle in Baton Rouge, La., on July 9, 2016.","creditText":"Max Becherer—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4403838/baton-rouge-police-attack-arrest/","name":"Authorities Foil Planned Attack on Baton Rouge Police Officers"}}]}] ```