Gunman kills four police officers in coffee shop ambush , Washington: $10,000 Reward

A man police were hunting in connection with the execution-style killing of four US police officers has been shot, authorities said today.

Maurice Clemmons, 37, is believed to be wounded or possibly dead, the Associated Press is reporting after police laid siege to his house in Seattle, Washington.

‘We have determined that in fact he has been shot,’ said Ed Troyer, a spokesman for the Pierce County Sheriff. ‘He may be deceased from his gunshot wound.’

Clemmons has not yet been named a suspect in the coffee house shootings.

The unidentified shooter was wounded by one of his victims, who fought the gunman off before collapsing and dying, police confirmed.


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Gunman kills four police officers in coffee shop ambush , Washington: $10,000 Reward

Published by onlines on November 30, 2009

A man police were hunting in connection with the execution-style killing of four US police officers has been shot, authorities said today.

Maurice Clemmons, 37, is believed to be wounded or possibly dead, the Associated Press is reporting after police laid siege to his house in Seattle, Washington.

‘We have determined that in fact he has been shot,’ said Ed Troyer, a spokesman for the Pierce County Sheriff. ‘He may be deceased from his gunshot wound.’

Clemmons has not yet been named a suspect in the coffee house shootings.

The unidentified shooter was wounded by one of his victims, who fought the gunman off before collapsing and dying, police confirmed.

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Siege: Smoke rises after police set off an explosive device at convicted robber Maurice Clemmons’ house in Seattle in the early hours of this morning. Police were hunting Clemmons in connection with the deaths of four officers, gunned down in a coffee house ambush yesterday

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Police cars block access to the Leschi neighbourhood of Seattle early today as they surround Clemmons house

Police and a Swat team surrounded Clemmons’ house today after atip-off led them to his door.

Reports said police used a loudspeaker as they attempted to persuade Clemmons to come out of the house.

‘This is one of the toughest decisions you’ll make in your life but you need to man up,’ one negotiator reportedly told him.


Maurice ClemmonsSuspect: Police are searching for Maurice Clemmons after four police officers were shot dead in a Washington State coffee shop

Clemmons has not yet been named a suspect in the brutal shootings. Police insisted he was just someone they wanted to talk to in connection with the brutal killings.

Clemmons has an extensive violent criminal history from Arkansas, including aggravated convictions for robbery and theft.

He was also recently arrested and charged in Pierce County in Washington state for third-degree assault on a police officer and second-degree rape of a child.

In 1989, Clemmons, then 17, was convicted in Little Rock for aggravated robbery. He was paroled in 2000 after then-Gov. Mike Huckabee commuted Clemmons’ 95-year prison sentence.

Huckabee, who was criticised during his run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008 for the number of clemencies and commutations he granted, cited Clemmons’ age at the time of the sentence.