Today, the law enforcement community mourns their own and prays that those injured will survive. This morning Baton Rouge police officers responded to a 911 call. A city and its police departments already on edge due to the misguided and misplaced anger concerning the Alton Sterling shooting, it was understandable that those officers responded with both haste and caution. Unfortunately that wasn’t enough.

Police received a call of a “suspicious person walking down Airline Highway with an assault rifle,” a source with knowledge of the investigation told CNN. When police arrived, the shooting began.

Given the scope of the attack, its safe to presume the officers were targeted. Three families are devastated. Three officers are injured and fighting for their lives; and the law enforcement community is reeling once again.