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Tag: Lakewood Coffeehouse Ambush: Page 3
Patrol
20,000 Officers Expected at Lakewood Memorial Service
"It takes a lot of practice to learn how to fold the flags so they don't bleed," said Frank Kampsen, 63, a retired Seattle police detective who in the past four decades has attended some 50 memorial services for officers.
December 6, 2009
SWAT
Lakewood Ambush: Not the First or Last
This isn't the first time this year that multiple officers from an agency have been killed in a single incident. While I certainly hope it's the last time, my gut feeling is it probably isn't.
December 3, 2009
Patrol
Clemmons Planned to Kill Schoolchildren as Well as Cops
A witness told Pierce County sheriff’s detectives that Maurice Clemmons told friends and family gathered for Thanksgiving dinner at his aunt’s home in Pacific that he planned to kill “cops, children at a school” and “as many people as he could in an intersection,” according to an affidavit filed by prosecutors.
December 2, 2009
Patrol
Clemmons' Aunt Chose to "Do the Right Thing"
Chrisceda Clemmons couldn't do that. She had to think of her family. And she knew her nephew was not well. There was the time last May at his house in Tacoma when "he got angry at something" and started throwing rocks at his neighbors' houses and cars. One hit an elderly man. Later Clemmons assaulted two sheriff's deputies.
December 2, 2009
Patrol
Lakewood Police Shooting Suspect Shot by Police in South Seattle Early This Morning
Suspect cop killer Maurice Clemmons was shot and wounded in South Seattle and has been taken to Harborview Medical Center, according to a law enforcement source.
November 30, 2009
Patrol
Lakewood Police Ambush Suspect Shot, Killed by Seattle Officer
Seattle Police shot and killed murder suspect Maurice Clemmons this morning, Pierce County Sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer told The News Tribune. Pierce County Sheriffs had supplied Seattle and other police agencies information about possible acquaintances of Clemmons.
November 30, 2009
Patrol
Clemmons Was Deemed "Dangerous" by Psychologists, Granted Bail Anyway
“I’ll kill all you bitches,” Maurice Clemmons told the Pierce County Jail workers who were trying to book him, according to court records. It was May 9, 2009. Clemmons, 37, had been arrested after punching a sheriff’s deputy in the face. He was charged with multiple counts of third-degree assault and malicious mischief and later, second-degree child rape.
November 30, 2009
Patrol
Lakewood Mourns the Loss of Four Officers
The killing of four of the Lakewood (Wash.) Police Department's original officers left the community of 59,000 shocked, somber and grieving Monday.
November 30, 2009
Patrol
Warrant Should Have Kept Clemmons Locked Up, Arkansas Authorities Claim
While Pierce County's elected prosecutor claims a decision by Arkansas authorities cleared the way for accused cop killer Maurice Clemmons' release from jail, Arkansas corrections officials say they issued a warrant in October that could have kept him confined.
November 30, 2009
Patrol
Huckabee Blames Prosecutors, Says "Heart is Broken"
Mike Huckabee, who as Arkansas governor commuted the sentence of the man suspected of killing four Lakewood Police officers, said Monday night his "heart is broken" but insisted that prosecutors and judges were derelict in keeping Maurice Clemmons from returning to prison.
November 30, 2009
Patrol
Coffeehouse Ambush Suspect Clemmons Killed by Lone Seattle Officer
Maurice Clemmons, the suspect wanted in the slaying of four Lakewood police officers, was shot and killed by a Seattle police officer in South Seattle early this morning.
November 30, 2009
Patrol
Persuasive Appeal Helped Clemmons Win Clemency
Maurice Clemmons likely would still be sitting in an Arkansas prison cell if he hadn't convinced former Gov. Mike Huckabee and the state's parole board that he'd reformed while behind bars for a teenage crime spree.
November 30, 2009
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