Four Cops Shot Dead in Ambush (Video) …Update: Violent felon granted clemency by Huckabee sought in ambush …Update: Suspect May be Shot-Dead
Posted by Jim Hoft on Sunday, November 29, 2009, 8:07 PM
Four police officers were shot and killed Sunday morning in what authorities called a targeted ambush at a coffee house in Lakeland, Washington.
There were two employees and a few other customers in the shop.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported:
The four officers — three men and one woman — were about to go to work, Troyer said. Authorities were looking for a suspect: a black man between 5-foot-7 and 5-foot-11. He was believed to be in his 20s or 30s and was described as being scruffy in appearance, with a black coat and black jeans.The coffee shop is near McChord Air Force Base in Tacoma, about 35 miles south of Seattle.
Roads were blocked around the attack site. Dave Gabrielson, a clerk at Foot Mart about a block away from the coffee shop, told The News-Tribune of Tacoma that all was quiet when he opened the store at 8 a.m. About 30 minutes later, “All of a sudden a million cops were zooming up and down the road,” Gabrielson said.
UPDATE: Police have a suspect…
Violent felon granted clemency by Huckabee now sought in Lakewood, WA police ambush
Michelle Malkin reported:
The man being sought by police was granted clemency by former GOP Arkansas Mike Huckabee despite his violent history and vehement protestations from prosecutors and victims’ family members.
He was most recently in jail for alleged second-degree rape of a child.
This isn’t Huckabee’s first Horton moment.
The suspect was released from custody just six days ago in Washington on second degree rape charges.
UPDATE: The suspect Clemmons may be shot and or dead.
The AP reported:
Police say a suspect in the coffee-shop slayings of four officers is holed up at a Seattle house, wounded and possibly dead.
Pierce County Sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer says negotiators are still trying to communicate with Maurice Clemmons.
CBS News has more.
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Published May 23, 2012 at 11:51 pm - 49 Comments
American Delight commented:
If you go to the Intelligencer’s report, there’s a comment from one reader that’s pretty disgusting. This reader said:
“Heck it! I don’t buy the report of the suspect having a ‘scruffy appearance’ or if so, the appearance was a disguise. The shooter is probably some disgruntled military or someone that just got out of the military. The shooting happened right near McChord Air Force Base, so I’m thinking easy access to weapons.”
There you have it. It took the Left less than a couple hours to assume that the attacker was a “disgruntled military” serviceman, and to blame “easy access” to firearms for the shooting.
Kenny Solomon commented:
I sincerely “hope” this waste of carbon resists when captured…. even just a little bit. The “change” would do him some good….. maybe….. kinda…..sort of……. probably not.
I’ll save the MSM some trouble…….. “He was a nice guy…. quiet….. a good neighbor (nephew, step-son, cousin, friend)”…. and of course…… “he never owned a gun before”… that’s what caused it too….. Bush’s policies and everyone hating black people.”
Let’s see how close that is.
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Oh, BTW, if you didn’t figure it out, I’m back – old in-home computer fell apart. Got a new monster laptop.
ar05075 commented:
I wa thinking more along the lines of ‘muslim convert.’
ar05075 commented:
was
harry flashman commented:
Curious to hear if the shooter was screaming “alluha akbar” while he emptied his magazine into four sworn officers.
Hate to jump the shark here, though. Allah forbid I should offend anyone.
They’re still working on the last ambush cop killer, Richard Monfort. I live in Bellingham, WA and this is serious and huge here.
No Man commented:
What a terrible tragedy! It could have been four liberals.
Blue Collar Todd commented:
Just another misunderstood Muslim who does not get Islam is inherently peaceful.
Moriah commented:
Call me what you like but every time I hear this kind of story: people run down en mass by “someone” in a car, mall massacre, Fort Hood, you name it, my first instinct, my first thought is
MUSLIMS – Jihad-any-means….
bill-tb commented:
So when do we get the truth about what happened? Why would someone just haul off and shoot cops, randomly? Doesn’t make sense.
The best line to start with is it was another Muslim terror attack, that got thwarted at the base gates … couldn’t get in and took the first available high profile targets.
Else, someone knew one or more of the cops and was settling the score. But frankly that seems unlikely.
Robert commented:
I wonder if he was screaming Ala Akbar.
TiminPhx commented:
I’m just hoping first of all, that there isn’t a backlash against those people who shoot weapons at police officers.
Kenny Solomon commented:
TimInPhx…….. +1
Trust me, I’m not laughing or trying to find humor, but that’s absolutely perfect “coarsening the political dialogue” snark and worthy of an IowaHawk award.
Wish I thought of it.
NeoKong commented:
One officers wife was heard saying ” Please God….don’t let it be a muslim”
Kevin commented:
I’m having to wear a black band on my badge far too often now days. I worked as an LEO in the northwest for 10 years so my heart goes out to my brothers and sisters there.
20 years ago you never heard of multiple officers being killed, it was at most one or two — things are getting very, very bad. I always discourage those who ask me about getting in to law enforcement any more, I didn’t used to, but I cannot in good conscience encourage it now. I only work as a reserve now.
The job has changed and so has the way cops are trained –too much PC and not enough aggressive, tactical thinking– it’s a sad thing.
My prayers for the officers and their loved ones.
Pat the First commented:
This has nothing to do with the military so lefties can just take a long walk off a short pier. I am from WA State. This is something that is a huge shock to our state. Murder just isn’t common here. And within about a month now, cops have been murdered. That just does not happen here.
I hope we learn soon what has happened.
jainphx commented:
Isn’t it a sorrowful mess when ones first thought is Muslims did this. G-D help me but I can’t seem to think of any thing else at first blush.
Solaratov commented:
Interesting. I wonder if it’s a reprise of the “zebra” killings.
http://97.74.65.51/Printable.aspx?ArtId=21980
http://blogcritics.org/culture/article/the-zebra-killings-a-forgotten-hate/
Chris Vehr commented:
Hopefully, the shooter will be captured and justice will prevail.
I pray for these officers and for their families. As the father of a police officer and National Guardsman, I worry about such things every day.
May God help those who keep us safe!
Ann commented:
This could be gang related as a initiation for membership:
Article 2007:
“As of September 18, the memorial fund showed shooting deaths up nearly 60% over last year, from 34 in 2006 to 54 this year (the worst year for such killings was 1975, when there were 99 deaths in the same period). Not only are officer shootings up, but the number of multiple deaths is also on the rise this year, says memorial fund president Craig Floyd. In the first nine months of 2007 there were six cases of more than one officer gunned down during the same shooting spree, up from just one in all of last year.
“Every time they take down a gang house, there’s always one thing that will always be there,” Grossman says. “It’s a video game. The video games are their newspaper, their television, their all-consuming narrative. And their video games are all cop-killer, criminal simulators.”
Mike W commented:
If police officers cannot protect themselves how can we expect them to protect us.Just imagine if the customers carried guns. Would the perp have attempted this knowing that someone else may have ended his hit before accomplishing his mission?
Instead what will come of this is more regulations taking the means to protect ourselves out of our hands and making us into sheeple ripe for the easy kill.
Ann commented:
Wonder if the police spokesman is just saying the shooting was targeted just to police officers so as not to panic the community??
jainphx commented:
We sure live in rather evil days, of course there’s no correlation to our leadership, or is there?
Pat the First commented:
WA State isn’t one of those anti-gun states. Too many hunters. May have some loons in Seattle, but the majority of WA isn’t anti-guns.
However, we do have some pretty crazy people in this state. After all, this the home state of people like Ted Bundy and Gary Ridgeway. Even the DC sniper lived here for a while. That is how they caught him because he used some tree trunk in the backyard of a home for target practice and they matched up the shells.
I feel sorry for the families. Thanksgiving just over . . . they just went to work. Absolutely senseless.
harry flashman commented:
Pat 1st – John Mohammed (DC Sniper) lived here in Bellingham but, Glenn Beck is from Mt. Vernon and graduated from Sehome HS in Bellingham.
Agreed – absolutely senseless – my hearfelt condolonces to the Lakeview officer’s wives and families.
I doubt it but, maybe this will put a stop to cops and donut shop allusions. Most probably it will stop cops from congregating for pre-shift coffee at Starbucks et al, as they do here.
Pat the First commented:
Sarah Palin was in the Tri-Cities for Thanksgiving with family. There are good things in our state. MS started here. Boeing. UPS. FedEx. Starbucks. Nordstrom. We do have our wackos, though.
harry flashman commented:
“Slain Lakewood cop may have injured gunman in struggle”
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/973887.html
harry flashman commented:
This is gonna make you sick – this is the guy they’re looking at for the coffee shop murders -
Maurice Clemmons, man wanted for questioning, has long criminal history
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010385617_webmansought29.html
BillyBob56 commented:
Another Huckabee f*ckup.
Please don’t run for anything in the future. You suck at your Fox TV show, I can just imagine as the potus.
Just_Saying commented:
Follow-up to Clemmons as perpetrator idea:
http://michellemalkin.com/2009/11/29/violent-felon-granted-clemency-by-huckabee-now-sought-in-lakewood-wa-police-ambush/#comments
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jainphx commented:
I’m athinken that Huck is a dead duck!
Pat the First commented:
He wouldn’t win in WA State anyway. He is a Republican.
MVH commented:
This is what you get when you have compassion uberaliss and therapeutic Christianity like Huckabee.
And Huckabee wants to be POTUS?!!!
G-d help us all!
MVH commented:
P.S. I hope Huckabee doesn’t make it past the first GOP primary!
Sally commented:
Huck won’t win anything anymore. I was disappointed with Huck when he took a slam at Palin last week while being interviewed with Katy Couric. That was a judgment against his character.
Walworth commented:
It is extremely unfortunate to come here and read such obnoxious comments like #14.
This is such a horrific tragedy and with the pain these families are feeling, some a**hole has to attribute a snarky comment to one of them
STFU!
One Way commented:
There were many reasons I had little confidence in – or respect for – Huckabee during the campaign.
Reading Malkin’s post reminded me of some of his questionable decisions as governor and his inability to take responsibility for them — not to mention his arrogance in not explaining why he pardoned more than one truly dangerous criminal.
His response today makes me sick to my stomach. Something’s not working in that man’s heart or mind.
I hope this does prevent him from running – and messing up – another race for the Republican nomination. America deserves – and will need – someone far better than he in 2012.
My thoughts and prayers are now devoted to the families of these public servants as they face the difficult days and months ahead.
southernsue commented:
our gansta black population seem to be falling into the muslim world. maybe being converted in the prison system.
wow, public school indoctrination, college professors indoctrinating, muslim prison preachers indoctrinating.
squeaky commented:
another “redeemable” soul turned loose on society by those who pride themselves as being
able to rehab society’s monsters. i mean, what could possibly go wrong…….. when the inmate is able to size up the “authority”.
0321_GUY commented:
“”…The following March, Clem-mons committed two armed robberies and other crimes and was sentenced to 10 years. You’d think they’d keep him locked up after that, but no: He was paroled last March and is now wanted for aggravated robbery….”"
First off, I am not a supporter of the Governor nor do i play one while watching TV. That being said, Governor Huckabee gave this guy a second chance in 2000 and this guy blew it 7 months later which landed him back in jail. Some idiot in the Arkansas Parole Board gave this guy a third chance for some stupid reason. It is this idiot or group of idiots that need to be drug to court and be held liable for releasing this guy back into the wild.
I fail to see the point trying to be made here in that the Governor is somehow responsible for this guys latest operation of permanent dispatch?
The sentences in quotes is all the proof one needs to see the Governor’s hands are clean in this matter. Governor Huckabee left office on Jan. 9, 2007. This guy was recently paroled, March 2008, after the Governor left office.
Again the burden of fault lays squarely on the feet of the inept Arkansas State Parole Board, not the Governors.
BurmaShave commented:
This is really strange. I mean Mike Huckabee isn’t Greek, and doesn’t look at all like Michael Dukakus, except their first names are kind of similar.
Huckabee, you are not thinking of running for President, are you?
olm commented:
It is a gang initiation to kill a cop. I am south of Seattle and know someone with aspirations to be a police officer and it is something that weighs heavily.
Not being in Seattle I do not know how it is there but here, gangs are a problem that is growing at an alarming rate but it is not being discussed nearly enough, imo. It absolutely needs to become a bigger topic. I don’t know what the motivation behind this nut’s actions are/were but whatever it is, I hope the leftards in Seattle do not sugar coat it. This is important no matter what your political leanings are.
I can’t stand Huckabee but this is not about him.
Earl T commented:
0321 has a huge Hucka-clown crush and is totally incoherent in his claim that Huck’s not responsible—Huck WANTED this guy released despite the local prosecutors’ strong objections—it meant black votes ya know!
You’re gonna be a busy boy 0321, chasing down all the comment lists and trying to excuse the Flimflam Preacher for his despicable deed!
Andreas K. commented:
If the suspect at hand is really the shooter, and if he’s dead (or dying), then…
Good riddance!
Saves the money for a trial where some smartass lawyer would pull every dirty trick to let the cop killer walk away!
Pat the First commented:
Look . . . feel free to bash Huckabee later if you wish althought if the timing is correct there may be no need to do so. This is an assault on our security because an an assault on the police is an assault on our peace.
I feel so sorry for the families of the slain police. Here is some information on each of these brave people.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010386301_officers30m.html
There is an alert right now that he might be in the U-District (as in U of WA in Seattle). We don’t need this crazy there with all of those students. It would unfortunately be a good place to blend in with thousands on campus today.
wanumba commented:
Just waiting for more info. The MSM had twelve different stories for Ft. Hood, thanks to their need to have a camera on and some fool rumor-monger with the title of “reporter” blathering into it.
Cannot trust ANY “Breaking News.” They screw it up out of the gate.
Pat the First commented:
wanumba, just keep an eye on the Seattle Times website. They are usually really good at this type of stuff. Good at updating. And they aren’t owned by McClatchy.
bg commented:
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pardon if a repeat, but i keep hearing via radio news reports that
they thought they had him trapped, but he escaped?? gah!!
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0321_GUY commented:
Earl T,
I can tell you did not pass your 3rd grade reading comprehension exams so I will spare you from further embarrassment. I bet if you were to try, someone of good heart here or at your local library, might take pity on you, sit you down, and read to you the FACTS on this peace officer killer and his relation to a former Arkansas Governor. Until then might I suggest that you STFU.