2009 Lakewood shooting
2009 murder of four Lakewood police officers in Parkland, Washington, USA / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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On November 29, 2009, four police officers of Lakewood, Washington were fatally shot at the Forza (now Blue Steele[1]) Coffee shop, located at 11401 Steele Street #108 South in the Parkland unincorporated area of Pierce County, Washington, near Tacoma. A gunman, later identified as Maurice Clemmons, entered the shop, shot the officers while they worked on laptops, and fled the scene with a single gunshot wound in his torso. After a massive two-day manhunt that spanned several nearby cities, an officer recognized Clemmons near a stalled car in south Seattle. When he refused orders to stop, he was shot and killed by a Seattle Police Department officer.
2009 Lakewood shooting | |
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Location | Parkland, Washington, U.S. |
Date | November 29, 2009; 14 years ago (2009-11-29) 8:15 a.m. (UTC-8) |
Target | Police officers |
Attack type | Mass shooting, mass murder, ambush |
Weapons | Glock 17 semi-automatic pistol |
Deaths | 5 (including the perpetrator two days later) |
Perpetrator | Maurice Clemmons |
Accused |
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Verdict | Allen: First and second trials: Guilty on all counts Third trial: Hung jury |
Charges | Allen:
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Sentence | Allen: 420 years in prison (overturned) |
Five people, all friends and family of Clemmons, were convicted of crimes associated with aiding his escape and enabling him to elude capture, but most convictions were reversed on appeal, based on court findings of misconduct by the Pierce County Prosecutor's Office.