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Four police officers shot dead at Lakewood coffee shop
komo news ^ | Nov 29, 2009

Posted on 11/29/2009 10:26:10 AM PST by KeyLargo

PARKLAND, Wash. - Four police officers were shot and killed in a Sunday morning ambush at a Parkland-area coffee shop, officials said.

Pierce County Sheriff's Office spokesman Ed Troyer called the ambush "a targeted attack."

Officials at the scene said two gunmen burst into the Forza Coffee Co. outlet at 11401 Steele St. South, shot the four uniformed officers as they were working on their laptop computers, then fled the scene.

Other customers were inside the coffee shop at the time of the attack, but none of them were shot or injured.

A $10,000 reward is being offered for any information leading to the arrest of the suspects, Troyer said.

Emergency personnel rushed to the scene after receiving a report that multiple officers were shot and killed in the ambush at 8:30 a.m. Sunday, according to reports from the scene.

Within minutes, hundreds of investigators and police were rushing to the scene. Roads were blocked in the vicinity of the attack.

One witness who was driving past said he saw an officer on the ground just after the shootings.

Authorities later closed off the air space over the scene of the shootings.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: banglist; blamehuckabee; huckabee; huckster; killed; lakewood; lakewoodshooting; leo; mauriceclemmons; officerdown; policeofficers; shot; tacoma; washington
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To: ken5050

Yes. Hanging or lethal injection.

http://www.prodeathpenalty.com/methods.htm

Yet, Gary Ridgway, aka the ‘Green river killer’
plea bargained, state exchanged the death penalty
for knowledge of whereabouts of girls he killed,
receiving life sentence instead.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Ridgway


61 posted on 11/29/2009 12:19:46 PM PST by graceisfree (...and these Three are One)
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To: All

This is third time this year that three or more officers have been killed by gunfire in one incident.

Oakland
Pittsburgh
Lakewood


62 posted on 11/29/2009 12:19:54 PM PST by Molon Labbie
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To: Molon Labbie

criminals are getting more bold aren’t they..


63 posted on 11/29/2009 12:21:49 PM PST by Freedom2specul8 (Vote conservative....Please pray for our Troops, our Vets, our Country, Families and Friends)
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To: sweetiepiezer

“They captured these idiots...”

Good news in the midst of all that misery.

IMHO


64 posted on 11/29/2009 12:25:57 PM PST by ripley
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

And members of Trinity Church who have “Never Heard Rants!” from Rev. WRONG????


65 posted on 11/29/2009 12:33:46 PM PST by True Republican Patriot (May GOD Continue to BLESS Our Great President George W. Bush!!)
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To: Glenn

To keep the Media Whores/Vultures in their Eggbeaters away from the scene.


66 posted on 11/29/2009 12:39:41 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: sweetiepiezer

When some scumbag attempts to rob somebody WITH a GUN They have already said Murder is FINE and they oughta be hung upside down by their you know whats until they stop breathing...... then attempt to get a statement or confession from them.....


67 posted on 11/29/2009 12:40:44 PM PST by True Republican Patriot (May GOD Continue to BLESS Our Great President George W. Bush!!)
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To: graceisfree

Thanks for the info...IIRC, the prosecutors consulted with the families of Ridgeway’s victims..and overwhelming majority were OK with the decision to let him escape the death penalty in return for detailed information about other victims..including many the police were not yet even aware of at the time. Many families recalled their years of not knowing what had actually happend to their missing relatives..so they wanted to help as many others find closure. I agree with the decision. BTW..I think I saw the Sheriff on TV recently,saying that he believed that Ridgeway still had many more victims that he hadn’t divulged.


68 posted on 11/29/2009 12:45:32 PM PST by ken5050 (Save the Earth..It's the only planet with chocolate!!!)
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To: livius

all four of the officers killed were sheriffs,
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In my state there is only one sheriff to a county, that is an elected office. The other officers are sheriff’s deputies who report to the sheriff. Is it different in Washington?


69 posted on 11/29/2009 1:15:34 PM PST by RipSawyer (Trying to reason with a leftist is like trying to catch sunshine in a fish net at midnight.)
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To: livius

What’s the penalty for capital murder in la-la liberaland Washington? 24 months?


70 posted on 11/29/2009 1:17:06 PM PST by fwdude (It is not the liberals who will destroy this country, but the "moderates.")
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To: RipSawyer

They would have been deputies, although around here people will refer to the person who shows up at their rural home as “the sheriff.” However, it now appears that these four were actually all local police officers.


71 posted on 11/29/2009 1:33:12 PM PST by livius
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To: KeyLargo

Is it time for our Caesar yet?


72 posted on 11/29/2009 1:45:05 PM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: livius

73 posted on 11/29/2009 1:55:47 PM PST by KeyLargo
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To: ken5050

You are welcome for the info...regarding Gary Ridgway...for the sake of the families-I am greatful they received the needed information of the whereabouts of their loved ones remains, YET, i desire to see the man die for his crimes STILL- he should be hung (however it is done). Also, surprised this man has not received ‘prison justice’ as of yet. He must be in segregation from the rest of the general prison population. Justice still needs to be served on him. If there is still information he needs to divulge of the whereabouts of other victims, may God grant that it be made known soon.


74 posted on 11/29/2009 1:57:03 PM PST by graceisfree (...and these Three are One)
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To: ripley

Here is an article about it.
All good little boys.
The shooters mother said her son wasn’t in a gang.
He is all over face book flashing gang signs.

http://www.lvrj.com/news/two-more-teens-arrested-in-slaying-of-officer-71406767.html


75 posted on 11/29/2009 2:02:42 PM PST by sweetiepiezer (I have a Pal in Sarah)
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To: graceisfree

I’m a long time fan of “Cops”...it’s my favorite reality TV series, and the Lakewood PD has often been featured on show segments..along with Pierce Country Deputies..wonder if any of the dead officers had been on the show..


76 posted on 11/29/2009 2:03:45 PM PST by ken5050 (Save the Earth..It's the only planet with chocolate!!!)
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To: True Republican Patriot

pinging to post #75.


77 posted on 11/29/2009 2:03:57 PM PST by sweetiepiezer (I have a Pal in Sarah)
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To: KeyLargo

How the heck did the guy get off four fatal shots(multiple shots)at such close range on armed police officers? What he just walked up to them and pulled out a gun and started to shoot? (possibly an automatic?)Have not heard if any return shots were fired as of yet. Would have thought at least one of the officers would have been able to pull a gun and return fire at the very least, wounding him... or even stopping him. At the first shot, or first sight of the gun (albeit it is all happening lightning fast, and officers had no hint this was coming) officer(s) are diving for cover and pulling out gun and shooting. Doesn’t make sense to me though. Had to be an automatic, even so...how was he able to walk up on them (i.e. ‘shot at close range’)- did the officers know him from previous arrest or encounter with perp? All questions I would like to have answered in due time.


78 posted on 11/29/2009 2:13:26 PM PST by graceisfree (...and these Three are One)
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To: graceisfree

“What he just walked up to them and pulled out a gun and started to shoot?”

Yeah, that tactic actually works.


79 posted on 11/29/2009 2:17:11 PM PST by PLMerite (Ride to the sound of the Guns - I'll probably need help.)
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To: PLMerite

yeah...POSSIBLY if it was an automatic of some kind, which has not been confirmed yet, that i know of...hard to believe that is how it happened, it is tough to kill all four without any return fire, i.e. not getting hit or wounded himself.

...so you believe what? Four officers all sitting down, gunmen comes in pulls gun on first officer shoots and kills officer, turns gun on second officer, shoots and kills second officer (no return fire as of yet), HAS TIME to turn gun on third officer (still no return fire), shoots and kills him, and then the fourth officer, officers all were wearing bullet proof vests, so kill shots were MOST LIKELY to the head, at close range? Is this how you see the ‘tactic’ of the gunmen? Seems to me there are multiple problems with this scenario, just saying.


80 posted on 11/29/2009 2:47:25 PM PST by graceisfree (...and these Three are One)
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