Sunday, November 29, 2009

Breaking: Four Police Officers Shot Dead Near Washington State Air Force Base


This is just coming out - all I can find is at Fox News here.

I don't know, man....military base, four police officers and what seems to be an ambush?

I know Obama doesn't want me to "jump to conclusions" but after Fort Dix, after Fort Hood, why shouldn't I be concerned that the killers of these peace officers are part of islamic jihad?

Prayers go out to these officers' families.

UPDATE:



Authorities say two suspects entered the coffee shop and opened fire on the four officers. The officers were sitting in the coffee shop with their laptops, going over paper work before starting their day shift when they were killed.There were customers and baristas in the store as well, but authorities say the suspects ambushed and singled out the officers.

UPDATE #2:


Four Lakewood Police officers were shot and killed Sunday morning in what authorities called a targeted ambush at a coffee shop.

Troyer said the suspect is a black male, 5-foot-7 and 5-foot-10, 20s to 30s, scruffy appearance, wearing a black coat and blue jeans.
He said they are looking to see if there is any surveillance cameras that may have caught the suspect on video.
Video from SkyKING showed officers tagging a white pick-up truck in a parking lot 13322 Pacific Ave S. Tacoma and a tow truck taking it away.

UPDATE #3:


Unofficial report that local SWAT team has surrounded building near spot where white pickup truck was located.

UPDATE #4:
Latest press conference with authorities says that suspect(s) still at large. Damn.

Here's the brief report:




4 Police Officers Shot Dead Near Washington State Air Force Base


SEATTLE — Four police officers were shot dead in an ambush at a Washington state coffee house, a sheriff's official said Sunday.
The attack occurred near McChord Air Force Base in Parkland, Wash.
Pierce County Sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer tells KOMO-TV that the officers were hit near 116th Street and Steele Street on the east side of the Air Force base at about 8:30 a.m.
The officers were shot at Forza Coffee, the News Tribune of Tacoma reported.

2 comments:

Sharku said...

I'm willing to bet that this is another case of SJS.

Maggie Thornton said...

Such a sad story. I read that all 4 officers were wearing bullet-proof vests.