BATON ROUGE — Sergeant Caleb Eisworth of the Baton Rouge Police Department passed away at a Baton Rouge hospital Sunday morning, according to a BRPD spokesperson.

Eisworth was critically injured in June after 41-year-old Gad Black allegedly intentionally struck Eisworth's motorcycle on his way home from work. Black was arrested later that day at a nearby sporting goods store and booked for attempted first-degree murder. According to arrest documents, he had a " deep-rooted hatred for law enforcement personnel."

District Attorney Hillar Moore said Sunday that he plans to seek the death penalty for Black and upgrade his charges to first-degree murder.

BRPD Chief TJ Morse released the following statement:

“It is with profound sadness that I must share that our beloved Motors Officer,

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