Bradford Allen ’Brad’ Garafola was a 45-year-old deputy with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office who was killed on the morning of July 17, 2016, during a targeted attack on law enforcement in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The shooter, identified as 29-year-old Gavin Eugene Long, arrived in the city armed with a semi-automatic rifle and began firing on officers near a convenience store and car wash. Surveillance footage shows Deputy Garafola taking cover, then moving to aid a wounded colleague; he returned fire and was fatally wounded while helping that officer.

Two Baton Rouge police officers, Matthew Gerald and Montrell Jackson, were also killed and three others were wounded during the nearly 14-minute rampage. The gunman was killed at the scene by a SWAT officer. Investigators later reported Long had associated with black separatist and sovereign citizen movements, left a suicide note, and said he had traveled to Baton Rouge specifically to attack police. No arrests were made in connection with the shooting because the sole perpetrator was deceased.