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Four police officers shot to death in Lakewood in apparent ambush
By Steve Miletich and Sara Jean Green
Seattle Times staff reporters
Four police officers were shot to death in the Lakewood area about 8:15 a.m. by a scruffy looking man who walked into a coffee shop and fired multiple gunshots.
All four were pronounced dead by medics inside Forza Coffee at 11410 Steele Street South, said Pierce County sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer.
"It's carnage out front everywhere," Troyer said, describing the front of the coffee shop. "It's like a bad horror movie, it's horrible."
The names of the officers, all of whom were in uniforms, were not released until relatives are notified.
Most of the officers worked for the same agency, Troyer said. But the agencies weren't disclosed.
Three of the four officers have been identified and investigators were unsure of the identify of the fourth, Troyer said.
Troyer said police were searching for a black man in his 20s or 30s, between 5-feet-7 inches and 5-feet-10-inches, who fled the scene.
The man was wearing a black coat and blue jeans, Troyer said.
A second suspect might have been with the man, Troyer said.
Detectives were preparing search warrants for multiple locations, he said.
The shootings come about a month after the killing of Seattle Police Officer Timothy Brenton, who was gunned down while sitting his patrol car Oct. 31.
The four officers, whose marked patrol cars were outside the shop, were on waiting to work a day shift, Troyer said.
Police cordoned off the shooting scene and were interviewing baristas and employees of the coffee shop who were badly shaken by what they witnessed, Troyer said.
Troyer said they are not looking at gang suspects.
"For a gang member to do something like this would be way out of the box because a gang wouldn't want to draw attention to themselves," he said.
A $10,000 reward has been offered for information leading to an arrest.
Steve Miletich: 206-464-3302 or smiletich@seattletimes.com
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Another officer was assassinated on Halloween night in Seattle itself.
http://www.truecrimereport.com/2009/11/ ... p_timo.php
I hate authority as much as the next guy. But RIP. This is very sad and getting to be quite a bit terrifying.
