4 US Police Officers shot dead in broad daylight.

[RyanRoss]

Wow.....No arrests have been made. Amazing.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8385421.stm

[dangerous dan]

Now thats some crazy shit

[RyanRoss]

Now thats some crazy shit

I saw a glimpse of the shit that goes down in Mexico when I saw this.......Really crazy. Also really sad. I wonder what the hell they were involved with since the hits were solely for the police officers.

[Nooomoto]

An ambush huh? Someone was gunning for these guys specifically.

[drdeath613]

maybe a few people were trying to join a gang

maybe the only thing they did was there job and busted a gang member

maybe it was two cops at fault and the other 2 were just taken out so they would chase them

dont just go thinking cops are dirty they are but just dont think it lol

[RyanRoss]

maybe a few people were trying to join a gang

maybe the only thing they did was there job and busted a gang member

maybe it was two cops at fault and the other 2 were just taken out so they would chase them

dont just go thinking cops are dirty they are but just dont think it lol

Oh I know, theres 1000 possibilities. But what gets me is that it was done in broad daylight and in public. Absolutely crazy

[Brown Ninja]

That is right by me! They must have been in some serious shit. I wonder what they were looking at on their laptops?

[RyanRoss]

That is right by me! They must have been in some serious shit. I wonder what they were looking at on their laptops?

Has it been reported on any news stations near you?

[Brown Ninja]

The crazy thing is no. This is huge news for this area as the Pacific Northwest does not have many instances like this

[RyanRoss]

The crazy thing is no. This is huge news for this area as the Pacific Northwest does not have many instances like this

That's why it makes me think there's something more to it than a targeted shooting. Those guys knew or were involved with something. I wonder what kind of paperwork they were working on, what kind of case.....there's something more to this for several reasons.

#1 Being it was in broad daylight, and in public. I feel like they were trying to send out some kind of message.

#2 was it was before the officers had started their shift. They were discussing who they were going to search for, investigate, etc. They could have been hot on someones tail, had a break in the case, and someone needed something to stay hush hush.

[powerful intelligent]

there is a possiblity that the shooter the officers and was carrying out a hit. How is anyone going to randomly walk into a coffee shop and shoot specificly four police officers. Did the gunman try to shoot anyone else? Also, gangbangers are bad but they are not organized or have the audacity to go where the police are and shoot them.

[RyanRoss]

there is a possiblity that the shooter the officers and was carrying out a hit. How is anyone going to randomly walk into a coffee shop and shoot specificly four police officers. Did the gunman try to shoot anyone else? Also, gangbangers are bad but they are not organized or have the audacity to go where the police are and shoot them.

Nope, no one else was shot at at all. It was the officers, and then the guy left. The police have at least ruled out it was a hot blooded crime of passion. They said it was a organized ambush.

[elpropiotorvic]

Speculating is useless.. Sad that there is too much violence going on

[MaNiCC]

Speculating is useless.. Sad that there is too much violence going on

Agreed, could be any number of reasons, might as well wait until the pd issue a statement

[Brown Ninja]

What I find odd is how someone can walk into a coffee shop and get the drop on 4 cops. I assume he was masked.

[RyanRoss]

What I find odd is how someone can walk into a coffee shop and get the drop on 4 cops. I assume he was masked.

Hell probably not. He probably just had the gun under his coat and walked in like a customer.

[MuscleScience]

Man that is crazy, I hope they find this guy/s responsible and make them pay dearly. I am sure the 4 officers had families waiting at home. Their kids will grow up without their fathers.

[jbm]

[FireGuy]

Here is the "person of interest". He should have never been out free to begin with. I hope the Governor of Arkansas sleeps really good knowing he commuted his original 95 year sentence after he only served 11 years.



The Pierce County Sheriff's Department has identified a person of interest in the November 29, 2009, murder of four Lakewood Police officers. The person of interest is Maurice Clemmons, a 37 year old black male from the Parkland area of Pierce County. Clemmons is 5'8" tall, 235 lbs., with black hair, brown eyes, and a mole on his left cheek.

Clemmons has extensive violent criminal history from Arkansas, including aggravated robbery and theft. He has also recently been arrested and charged in Pierce County for Assault 3rd on a Police Officer and for Rape of a Child.

Clemmons should be considered armed and extremely dangerous. If the public has any information on his whereabouts, call any tips to the Sheriff's Department tip line at 1-866-977-2362.

UPDATE: Clemmons, described as a person of interest in the fatal shooting today of four Lakewood police officers, was granted clemency in 2004 by Mike Huckabee, then governor of Arkansas.

A 2004 news account from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette described the decision:

Pulaski County prosecutors dropped aggravated-robbery charges Monday against a 32-year-old Little Rock man paroled in 2001 after Gov. Mike Huckabee commuted the man's 95-year sentence.

Maurice Clemmons served 11 years after his conviction for aggravated robbery in 1989. He was paroled in August 2000. Huckabee cited Clemmons' young age at the time of his sentence - 17 - in the proclamation announcing the clemency.

After his release from the state Department of Correction, Clemmons violated his parole and was returned to prison in July 2001. He was released March 18, 2004.

Little Rock police obtained a warrant charging Clemmons with two counts of aggravated robbery and theft in the March 26, 2001, robberies of Gary Ervin and Jennifer Chime. The robberies occurred when Clemmons was out on parole.

But the warrants were not served for three years until Clemmons, now 32, was being released from state prison.

Defense attorney Stephen Morley asked Circuit Judge Barry Sims to dismiss the new charges. Morley argued that too much time had elapsed between the issuance of the warrant and Clemmons' arrest.

In a brief hearing Monday in Sims' court, prosecutors announced they would drop the charges.

UPDATE No. 2: Local charges against Clemmons date to May and July. Jail records show Clemmons was arrested and released four times between May and September, and most recently released from jail Nov. 24, five days before the Lakewood shootings.

In May, Clemmons was charged with multiple counts of third-degree assault and malicious mischief. The May 9 incident occurred in the 13100 block of 12th Avenue South, court documents state. Clemmons and two accomplices were confronted about multiple vehicles with broken windows. A sheriff’s deputy tried to arrest the two accomplices, who fought.

During the struggle, Clemmons emerged from a house and joined in the fight, punching the deputy in the face. A second deputy arrived, and the three men were arrested. Jail records indicate Clemmons bailed out of jail on May 11.

In July, Clemmons was arrested and charged with second-degree child rape. He bailed out on July 27. Prosecutors also discovered that Clemmons had an outstanding arrest warrant from the state of Arkansas. The Arkansas warrant was dismissed in July.

Prosecutors trying to multiple charges ordered Clemmons to undergo a mental evaluation to determine his competency to stand trial. Clemmons was found competent, according to court records.

[lovbyts]

He also just got out of jail 6 days ago on bail after being charge with child rape and having multiple warrants in other counties.

Why the hell is someone like this on the streets?

[warchild]

fvcked up country we live in

[lovbyts]

fvcked up country we live in

Compared to where?

[RyanRoss]

He also just got out of jail 6 days ago on bail after being charge with child rape and having multiple warrants in other counties.

Why the hell is someone like this on the streets?

Because he wasn't making any money with those crimes. Had it been drug related it would have been life with no parole

[lovbyts]

Because he wasn't making any money with those crimes. Had it been drug related it would have been life with no parole

Yeah I hear you and yes our court system makes no sense most of the time. someone with a LONG criminal history, has other warrants out for them and is charged with child rape (not simply molesting or sex with a minor but child rape) and he is let out on bail??? WTF?

[RyanRoss]

Yeah I hear you and yes our court system makes no sense most of the time. someone with a LONG criminal history, has other warrants out for them and is charged with child rape (not simply molesting or sex with a minor but child rape) and he is let out on bail??? WTF?

We need a Boondock Saints Mercenary Group. Who wants to help me start it? Seriously though, something needs to be done............

[BeastIn916]

That sucks.

[lovbyts]

It all went down not far from me. One of my co workers lives right by it also and knows the coffee shop.

2nd shooting of police in the last month. 2 where shot last time, one survived.

[Brown Ninja]

with everything mentioned above it sounds more as if it were a random act of violence on the police. Obviously the guy is a piece of shit and I hope he gets caught soon. Bring him back dead so the court can't **** it up again

[PC650]

this is f*cking sad

[CptAmericaX]

yah it happened by me 2, and there was a officer killed here like 1 month ago, but I honestly think if someone went as far as killing 4 cops they had to have had a damn good reason.

[lovbyts]

Breaking news. They have found the guy who shots the cops. They have him in a standoff right now.

[powerful intelligent]

when you read about this guy he seems like a **** up.he has multiple arrests
etc etc. I wonder how the hell a guy like this can ambush four police officers and escape from them without being mortally wounded. There is a history of violent crime but this putz does not demonstrate the ability to pull something like this off.

[elpropiotorvic]

Actually police training is not that fancy.... IMHO

[lovbyts]

when you read about this guy he seems like a **** up.he has multiple arrests
etc etc. I wonder how the hell a guy like this can ambush four police officers and escape from them without being mortally wounded. There is a history of violent crime but this putz does not demonstrate the ability to pull something like this off.

Mostly because they where all sitting at a table with their laptops out doing updates so they where distracted.

One of the officers did get a chance to tackle him and wrestled with him before shooting the police officer. They think Clemons was also shot.

They are not sure if he is alive or dead at this point inside the house they have surrounded. They have also already arrested some people suspected of helping him last night.

[DSM4Life]

crazy

[FireGuy]

Breaking news. They have found the guy who shots the cops. They have him in a standoff right now.

False. That was reported but not the case. A lot of news agencies seem to be jumping the gun so they can be the first with the story.

[RyanRoss]

If a standoff happens $10.00 says he shoots himself.

[BEER WHORE]

I dont think people should judge him it is not easy growing up black in the south. I am sure he would have had a easier life if racism was not so rampant and police kill alot of black man every year with out due process.

[Mooseman33]

^^^^^u have to be kidding right?

please tell me ur kidding so i dont freak the fvk out

[BEER WHORE]

^^^^^u have to be kidding right?

please tell me ur kidding so i dont freak the fvk out

please racism is never funny