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Four Police Officers Fatally Shot Near Seattle [Slain Officers Identified]
LATimes ^ | November 29th 2009

Posted on 11/29/2009 7:59:26 PM PST by Steelfish

Four Police Officers Fatally Shot Near Seattle

Authorities call the attack an ambush on the officers, who were meeting in a coffee shop before their shift. At least one returned fire and may have injured the lone gunman. No one else was hurt.

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The four slain officers, from left: Greg Richards, Tina Griswold, Ronald Owens and Mark Renninger. (From the Associated Press / November 29, 2009)

By Kim Murphy November 30, 2009

Four Seattle-area police officers were shot to death Sunday morning in a coffee shop in what officials called a brazen ambush by a lone gunman.

At least one officer apparently fought his way to the coffee shop door and returned fire, possibly wounding the shooter, authorities said. The shooter is likely to seek medical treatment for a gunshot wound, officials said.

The officers, three men and a woman attached to the Lakewood Police Department, were conducting a routine pre-shift briefing over their laptops at the Forza Coffee Shop in Parkland, Wash., near McChord Air Force Base, about 35 miles south of Seattle.

"It was definitely an ambush, target situation. . . . It was not a robbery," said Pierce County Sheriff's Sgt. Ed Troyer, whose department is investigating the killings. "We have our work cut out for us."

The slain officers, who were in uniform and wearing bulletproof vests, were pronounced dead at the scene. Their marked patrol cars were parked outside. They were identified as Sgt. Mark Renninger, 39; Ronald Owens, 37; Tina Griswald, 40; and Greg Richards, 42.

Two baristas and several other customers were not injured during the 8:15 a.m. attack. It was not known whether the gunman, described as a black man in his 20s to 30s with a scruffy appearance, wearing a black jacket and jeans...

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: arkansas; gregrichards; huckabee; huckster; lakewoodshooting; leo; markrenninger; mauriceclemmons; parole; parolegonemad; ronaldowens; tacoma; tinagriswold; washington
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To: machogirl

Unfortunately, it’s also the nail in the coffins of these fine officers.


21 posted on 11/29/2009 9:06:57 PM PST by mojito
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To: mojito

Damn shame. And shameful. That creep should have been in jail.


22 posted on 11/29/2009 9:09:19 PM PST by machogirl (First they came for my tagline.)
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To: machogirl
Jim Rob posted a screed this weekend against RINOs because RINOs are a destructive menace, mouthing conservative words and then undercutting conservative deeds.

After these appalling and savage murders, Huckabee’s name goes to the top of the RINO list.

23 posted on 11/29/2009 9:15:51 PM PST by mojito
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To: mojito

Is that what the Romney pics are about?
Besides Sarah Palin, who is left? (right for the job?)


24 posted on 11/29/2009 9:17:18 PM PST by machogirl (First they came for my tagline.)
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To: mojito

My eyes immediately go to Ted Kennedy in that picture and I think: That’s what he’s doing from his grave, laughing.


25 posted on 11/29/2009 9:21:36 PM PST by machogirl (First they came for my tagline.)
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To: Jeff Head

What motive?


26 posted on 11/29/2009 9:22:36 PM PST by txhurl
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To: machogirl

I was going to ask about the Romney spam too,but I decided there was no point. I think that most of us are informed enough to make up our own minds on Romney. Huckabee was not even in the running for me, though. Huckabee’s collusion with McCain finished him off in my opinion.


27 posted on 11/29/2009 9:24:25 PM PST by Eva (Obama bin Lyin)
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To: machogirl

Here’s a link to the Jim Rob screed:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395256/posts


28 posted on 11/29/2009 9:29:10 PM PST by mojito
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To: Steelfish
Marc was an old customer on mine
http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs061.snc3/12863_106462922697386_100000010378011_173731_950991_n.jpg">

Marc was my age, I knew him when he was with Tukwila...... Please put Marc and all the other officers in your thoughts and prayers
29 posted on 11/29/2009 9:30:34 PM PST by cmsgop (Another proud graduate of the Larry Storch school of posting)
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To: mojito

thanks, did see that. i will read it.


30 posted on 11/29/2009 9:38:44 PM PST by machogirl (First they came for my tagline.)
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To: Steelfish

He already did a few years!

31 posted on 11/29/2009 9:43:42 PM PST by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: Steelfish

bump


32 posted on 11/29/2009 9:45:06 PM PST by VOA
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To: Steelfish; informavoracious; larose; RJR_fan; Prospero; Conservative Vermont Vet; ...

Prayer ping.


33 posted on 11/29/2009 9:49:49 PM PST by narses ('in an odd way this is cheering news!'.)
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To: jim35

I remember that too. I watched the mom be interviewed whose daughter died. Heart wrenching.

Huckabee needs to leave the public arena. Now.


34 posted on 11/29/2009 10:00:34 PM PST by Joya (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior, have mercy on me, a sinner!)
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To: DontTreadOnMe2009


Nine years ago, then-Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee granted clemency
to Clemmons, commuting his lengthy prison sentence over the protestations
of prosecutors.

Bump


35 posted on 11/29/2009 10:01:28 PM PST by VOA
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To: Steelfish


The four slain officers, from left: Greg Richards, Tina Griswold,
Ronald Owens and Mark Renninger.

Rest in peace...


36 posted on 11/29/2009 10:07:56 PM PST by VOA
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God will hold them closely. God, please bless and honor these 4 tragic victims. This is one of the saddest news stories I've ever heard.

Is it true that Huckabee reduced the alleged killer's sentence??..............if true.....................WHY?

37 posted on 11/29/2009 10:24:39 PM PST by NoRedTape
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To: Steelfish

BREAKING!!!!!

Seattle SWAT surround Seattle House. Talk of evacuating area

LIVE POLICE SCANNER HERE:

http://www.komonews.com/news/content/scanner


38 posted on 11/29/2009 10:28:47 PM PST by NavyCanDo
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To: Steelfish
The suspect, Maurice Clemmons, 37:


39 posted on 11/29/2009 10:32:26 PM PST by jonrick46 (We're being water boarded with the sewage of Marxism.)
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To: Joya

“Huckabee needs to leave the public arena. Now.”

Agreed!


40 posted on 11/29/2009 10:57:42 PM PST by jim35 (A racist is someone who is winning an argument with a liberal.)
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