The 3 Police Officers Who Lost Their Lives in Baton Rouge

Just one more day and Brad Garafola would have been on vacation.
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The 3 Police Officers Who Lost Their Lives in Baton Rouge
(L-R) Baton Rouge Police Officer Matthew Gerald in this undated photo. (Baton Rouge Police Dept. via AP); Baton Rouge Police Officer Montrell Jackson in this undated photo. (Courtesy of Trenisha Jackson via AP); East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office Deputy Brad Garafola in this undated photo. (East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office via AP)
Petr Svab
7/18/2016
Updated:
10/5/2018

Matthew Gerald, 41, was a strong character. “Whether it was the energy he carried with him or that Cajun accent he had ... maybe it was the Marine in him,” Ryan D. Cabral, who served with Gerald in Iraq, told NOLA.com.