Lakewood, WA - Four Police Officers Shot and Killed in Ambush - 11/29/09

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Date: 11/29/09

Time: approximately 0815 (PST)

Location: Gorza Coffee Shop near McChord AFB (35 miles south of Seattle)

Departments: Lakewood PD, Pierce County SO, Fire and EMS, Pierce County Medical Examiner, FBI, and others

Description: Four police officers doing paperwork at the start of their shift were shot and killed when an unknown assailant entered the shop and opened fire. Employees in the coffee shop were uninjured and no robbery was committed. Officials doubt that robbery was the motive because four marked police vehicles were outside and all four officers were in uniform. They are treating it as an ambush and execution.

Two police officers were shot, one fatally, in Seattle last month. The suspect in that homicide is in custody.

Links:

http://www.officer.com/web/online/Top-News-Stories/Four-Officers-Shot-Dead-in-Washington-Coffee-Shop-Ambush/1$49535

http://www.examiner.com/x-25653-FBI-Examiner~y2009m11d29-FBI-joins-effort-to-find-killers-of-four-police-officers-in-Parkland-Wash

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/412727_shooting29.html?source=mypi

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/US-Police-Officers-Shot-Dead-In-Coffee-Shop-Near-McChord-Air-Force-Base-In-Washington-US/Article/200911415478484

Writer: Chris192

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