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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...

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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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1 posted on 11/29/2009 7:59:27 PM PST by Steelfish
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Nine years ago, then-Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee granted clemency to Clemmons, commuting his lengthy prison sentence over the protestations of prosecutors.

“This is the day I’ve been dreading for a long time,” Larry Jegley, prosecuting attorney for Arkansas’ Pulaski County said Sunday night when informed that Clemmons was being sought in connection to the killings.

Clemmons’ criminal history includes at least five felony convictions in Arkansas and at least eight felony charges in Washington. The record also stands out for the number of times he has been released from custody despite questions about the danger he posed.

Clemmons had been in jail in Pierce County for the past several months on a pending charge of second-degree rape of a child.

He was released from custody just six days ago, even though he was wanted on a fugitive warrant out of Arkansas and was staring at eight felony charges in all out of Washington state.

!!!


2 posted on 11/29/2009 8:01:16 PM PST by DontTreadOnMe2009 (So stop treading on me already!)
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To: Steelfish

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

God rest their souls...and God grant their families and loved ones comfort and pease...assured that they will be re-united one day in a place far, far better.

God also grant that we may identify, capture, and bring to swift justice the animal that did this.

3 posted on 11/29/2009 8:02:53 PM PST by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: Jeff Head

Amen Jeff.


4 posted on 11/29/2009 8:04:37 PM PST by amom
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To: Jeff Head

Amen. Thanks for posting the pics.


5 posted on 11/29/2009 8:06:02 PM PST by Steelfish
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To: Jeff Head

One of these policemen is the best friend of a good friend of my brother in law. Close to home.

Our world has gone crazy when we let maniacs like this out on the street in the name of what????? compassion????


6 posted on 11/29/2009 8:06:24 PM PST by Aria ( "The US republic will endure until Congress discovers it can bribe the public with the people's $.")
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To: Steelfish
"It is awful. But they will get him. He picked the wrong state to do it in. We're a very well-armed state, they haven't quite taken away all of our rights yet," he said. "I can tell you that most people have probably got their weapons loaded right now. And they're waiting. Somebody will get him."

Sounds like a FReeper.

7 posted on 11/29/2009 8:06:55 PM PST by TChad
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To: Jeff Head

bttt

(prayers, justice, and photos of slain officers)


8 posted on 11/29/2009 8:08:46 PM PST by Gene Eric (Your Hope has been redistributed. Here's your Change.)
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To: Steelfish
my heart is broken on this one. All left behind a spouse and children. God bless their souls and God comfort, love, and bless their loved ones. To think anyone granted clemency to such an evil person is beyond comprehension.

Very, very sad.

9 posted on 11/29/2009 8:11:36 PM PST by GOP Poet (Obama is an OLYMPIC failure.)
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The guy posted 15k of a 150k bond, as he was going to be tried for child rape, and subject to lifetime imprisonment with WA State’s 3 strikes you’re out law.

It is amazing, that a guy that was SENTENCED to 60 yrs, then got out after 11, attacks a police officer in May, now convicted of child rape, was given bail at all? WTF??

I live only a couple miles away from the shooting area, heard the sirens this morning. I locked all of our doors, checked them to be sure.

We live in fear, as our govt refuses to incarcerate and then keep criminals after convicted. We also have a society that tolerates black racism/police hatred, and we are likely to see this just grow from here. In our area not long ago, two armed black men killed a brinks truck driver at walmart in the head, for $400.


10 posted on 11/29/2009 8:12:09 PM PST by Professional
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To: Jeff Head
God also grant that we may identify, capture, and bring to swift justice the animal that did this.

Please, don't disparage animals by associating them with the murderer.
11 posted on 11/29/2009 8:12:18 PM PST by aruanan
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To: Jeff Head

I join you in your prayers, Jeff. This is such a horrible shame.


12 posted on 11/29/2009 8:13:23 PM PST by Gator113 (Obama is Americas First Failed Black Pres-dent.....)
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To: DontTreadOnMe2009

This should ease Huckabee into office, as no one would dare run a “Willy Horton” ad against him....../sarc


13 posted on 11/29/2009 8:13:45 PM PST by G Larry (DNC is comprised of REGRESSIVES!)
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To: DontTreadOnMe2009

“Nine years ago, then-Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee granted clemency to Clemmons”

Maybe that is why Huck said today he was leaning against running in 2012.


14 posted on 11/29/2009 8:15:08 PM PST by euram
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To: Steelfish

http://www.mikehuckabee.com/index.cfm?fa=News.View&News_id=a9c58e43-9675-4da0-9567-674110678ef8&Label_id=&Year=&Month=

Huck’s statement.


15 posted on 11/29/2009 8:39:14 PM PST by machogirl (First they came for my tagline.)
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To: Jeff Head

Ditto to your post. Amen.


16 posted on 11/29/2009 8:51:30 PM PST by cubreporter (.)
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To: Jeff Head
Please consider contributing to the fund set up for the slain officers and their families! Send to LPIJ Benevolence Fund, PO Box 99579, Lakewood, WA 98499. God rest their souls! Praying for their families...what a terrible time of year for this to happen. We must demand that those who commit such crimes against humanity are given the swift judgment of the courts and a swifter carrying of the reaping of the due justice our founding fathers intended. We must return to the values that made this country great on all levels. Praying for America!
17 posted on 11/29/2009 8:52:13 PM PST by missanne (That's all I can stands and I can't stands no more?? This is one of those days!)
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To: machogirl
Huckabee can say whatever he wants but this still could become his very own Willie Horton.
18 posted on 11/29/2009 8:54:50 PM PST by Shannon
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To: Shannon

I’d say so. This is the nail in his RINO coffin.


19 posted on 11/29/2009 8:55:56 PM PST by machogirl (First they came for my tagline.)
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To: Shannon

His second Willie Horton. Another criminal he pardoned, Wayne Dumond murdered a woman in Missouri. Who knows how many more ticking time bombs he set free are out there waiting to wreak havoc on society?


20 posted on 11/29/2009 9:03:15 PM PST by jim35 (A racist is someone who is winning an argument with a liberal.)
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