Citizens have gathered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, following the fatal shooting of Alton Sterling to protest his death by police and call for justice in what some residents say is unwarranted police violence against black residents.

Sterling, a 37-year-old father of five , was killed by Baton Rouge police early Tuesday morning after officers responded to reports of a man carrying a gun, threatening others and selling CDs in front of a Triple S convenience store. Investigators have yet to confirm what escalated the situation or whether Sterling in fact had a gun.