Where were four members of the lakewood police department shot and killed?
LAKEWOOD, Wash. – Four uniformed police officers were shot and killed in a bloody Sunday morning ambush at a Lakewood-area coffee shop, officials said. Pierce County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Ed Troyer called the ambush “a targeted attack” on the four Lakewood police officers as they were preparing to start their shifts at about 8:15 a.m. Officials at the scene said a lone gunmen burst into the Forza Coffee Co. outlet at 11401 Steele St. South, shot the four uniformed officers as they were working on their laptop computers, then fled the scene. Two baristas and a handful of other customers were inside the coffee shop at the time of the attack, but none of them were shot or injured. The suspect fled without taking any money. Troyer described the scene inside the coffee shop as “carnage and a scene out of a horror movie.” Three male officers and one female officer all died at the scene. About 2 1/2 hours after the deadly ambush, officers identified a white Chevy pickup truck abandoned a
4 officers killed in Pierce County Source: Police looking at person of interest By CASEY MCNERTHNEY and CHRIS GRYGIEL SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF Authorities are looking for a person of interest in the fatal Sunday morning shooting of four uniformed police officers in a Pierce County coffee shop, police told seattlepi.com. Investigators believe the patrol officers – three men and a woman – were targeted and they worked on their laptops, and the incident was not a robbery. Witnesses and baristas were not hit. “This was more of an execution. … As cold-hearted as it is, that’s exactly what happened,” Pierce County Sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer said. He didn’t immediately identify the officers, saying officials were waiting to inform their families, but said all for officers were from the Lakewood Police Department. Police are also said to be at multiple locations of interest — though police have also been thrown by at least on bogus tip, police
Gunman targets, shoots, kills four police officers in Seattle suburb coffee shop New York Daily News – Helen Kennedy – 6 minutes ago The three men and one woman – a patrol team with the Lakewood Police Department in Lakewood, Wash. – were fully armed and wearing their uniforms Sources: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2009/11/29/2009-11-29_four_police_officers_shot_killed_in_seattle_suburb.
