Protests break out after Baton Rouge police fatally shoot man

Protests broke out Tuesday following the death of a black man in an officer-involved shooting outside a Baton Rouge, La., convenience store.

Alton Sterling, 37, who was selling CDs, died in a confrontation with police. The incident was caught on video, stirring the protests.

Congressman Cedric Richmond of Louisiana called for the Department of Justice to investigate Sterling's death.

“The video footage released today of the shooting of Alton Sterling by officers of the Baton Rouge Police Department was deeply troubling and has understandably evoked strong emotion and anger in our community,” Richmond said in a statement. “I share in this anger and join the community in the pursuit of justice."

Sterling died of multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and back.

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