(CBS/AP) Investigators identified a man with an extensive criminal past as a “person of interest” in the ambush on four police officers, who were shot to death Sunday morning at a coffee shop.
Pierce County sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer told reporters that Maurice Clemmons, 37, was one of several people investigators want to talk to and that he could not be called a suspect at this point.
In a news release, the sheriff’s office said Clemmons has an extensive violent criminal history from Arkansas, including aggravated robbery and theft. Clemmons also recently was arrested and charged in Pierce County in Washington state for third-degree assault on a police officer, and second-degree rape of a child.
The four officers were with the 100-member police department of Lakewood, which adjoins the unincorporated area of Parkland, where the shootings took place. The city identified the victims as Sgt. Mark Renninger, 39; Ronald Owens, 37; Tina Griswold, 40; and Greg Richards 42.
Authorities are offering a $10,000 $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person involved in this morning’s fatal shooting, described as a black man who is between 5-feet-7-inches and 5-feet-10-inches tall, and wearing a black coat and blue jeans in the Lakewood, Wash. area.
What do you want to bet that this perp is somehow connected to the Nation of Islam or some kooky splinter group. Someone has been reading this website and my posts on NOI, black cop killers and Islamic converts in prison1…I wonder why the interest in Washington state regarding that particular subject when a black cop killer just opened fire and murdered four Washington cops? Exactly when is the social and media justice template going to kick in? Perhaps we’ll find out more when they have moved beyond the ‘person of interest’ stage and have named a suspect.
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Washington Cop Shooting Suspect Maurice Clemmons Cornered by Police
They have thrown teargas in there, and he reportedly has a gunshot wound to the abdomen which could be fatal if it isn’t treated. Some news articles are reporting that he may already be dead.
Outrageous as it is, Mike Huckabee granted him clemency in the year 2000 for a 35-year sentence in Arkansas only to see him go out and commit more crimes. Malkin has some details – “Violent felon granted clemency by Huckabee now sought in Lakewood, WA police ambush; Update: Huck PAC posts statement; Update: SWAT team surrounds Clemmons’ family home”
US police ‘killer’ Maurice Clemmons shot dead in Seattle (Times UK Online)
- Cao (August 5, 2007) the Nation of Islam, Black Panthers and hate crimes http://caosblog.com/archives/5738[back]
And this ushers in the end of Mike Huckabee’s political career, which may be a good thing.
BTW: Thanks for bringing in reenforcements over at ADHD.
You’re welcome, that’s our specialty.
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