Spokesman: Suspect in officers' death still alive (6:07 p.m.PST)

AP via Seattle Times ^ | 11/30/09 | Staff

[La Enchiladita]

A Pierce County sheriff's spokesman says authorities believe the man sought in the slaying of four police officers is still alive and has been aided by a network of friends and family.

Spokesman Ed Troyer said Monday night that police have questioned several people who had provided assistance to Maurice Clemmons since the Sunday morning shootings. Troyer says investigators now think Clemmons is on his own.

[GAB-1955]

Then it’s time to round up his friends and relatives one by one for interrogation.

[Texas Eagle]

A Pierce County sheriff's spokesman says authorities believe the man sought in the slaying of four police officers is still alive and has been aided by a network of friends and family.

What......the.......hell!!!

[Wisconsinlady]

Everyone who aided and abetted this piece of scum should be charged as accessories after the fact...and whatever else they can pin on them.

[VR-21]

People this world could well do without.

[La Enchiladita]

Damn straight. It is pathetic and sickening how helpless this “spokesman” sounds.

[stubernx98]

Yeah, I think water boarding is proven to work real good!

[Quix]

If there’s any hint of evidence they aided the scum . . . wouldn’t it be more than proper to hold them in a holding tank while they slowly interrogated each one of them?

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

Maybe he wasn’t hit that bad...

[The Magical Mischief Tour]

Considering the whole don’t snitch, don’t tell culture and the total distrust of any law enforcement by the black community I don’t understand how this shocks anyone.

[dragnet2]

This guy is no genius, and is clearly just a common criminal loser from Arkansas....

They have 400 people looking for this guy, he's leaving a trail of blood, and they still have not located this guy?

To be honest, I am really surprised they haven't caught up with him yet. They will, just surprised it's taken so long to locate him.

Seems to indicate he might either be dead, or is holding hostages that were not previously connected to this guy.

[Psycho_Bunny]

Actually, Troyer’s a pretty sharp guy. He slapped some of the media around on Sunday, impressively. None of what’s going on is his fault, nor would I fault the police for proceeding in such a way as to keep their case intact.

[dragnet2]

They’ve already done that...Trust me.

[mylife]

Find everyone of the maggots and string them up.

[livius]

He’s probably a hero to half his neighborhood by now.

The guy is obviously crazy and managed to get off a few lucky shots (or crazy but somehow acquired good shooting skills along the way), and is a threat to everybody around him. However, that doesn’t seem to matter to “friends and family.” Anybody remember Larry Davis?

[umgud]

Everyone who aided and abetted this piece of scum should be charged as accessories after the fact...and whatever else they can pin on them.

Huckaby?

[ClearCase_guy]

Somehow I'm thinking of "Unintended Consequences", when a number of BATF agents have been killed, and the government is convinced that Special Agent Blair has gone renegade and is out there plotting his next steps, assisted by a complex network of associates.

Meanwhile, Henry Bowman is quietly planning his next move.

I'm very far from saying that the nutcase in WA is any sort of revolutionary or that he is at all in control of the situation -- but part of me wonders if the authorities really know who they're looking for.

[Lockbar]

“Mmmmm, Mmmmm, Mmmmm”

[Molon Labbie]

A sense of lawfulness and right will not turn this guy out.

Only reward money will.

Seen it too many times to count. Thugs have a safe house on every block. Just knock and “the police gonna kill me” and your golden.

[Deo volente]

...has been aided by a network of friends and family.

Track down the entire network, charge them all with aiding and abetting murder, and upon conviction, send their sorry carcasses to prison for a few decades. That should send a message.