The Seattle police describe the shooting of Maurice Clemmons (suspected of killing four cops in Lakewood) on their blog:
At approximately 2:43 a.m. today, a uniformed patrol officer came upon a suspicious vehicle in the 4400 block of South Kenyon Street. The vehicle, an Acura Integra, was unoccupied. The engine was running and the hood was up. The officer stopped to investigate further and discovered that the Acura was a stolen vehicle.
The officer began doing the stolen vehicle recovery paperwork when something caught his attention. The officer turned around and noticed a subject walking in the street behind his patrol car, approaching on the driver’s side. The officer got out of his car and ordered the subject to stop and show his hands. The officer immediately recognized the subject as Maurice Clemmons, the suspect wanted in the murder of four Lakewood police officers. The suspect refused to comply with the officer’s commands.
As the officer was drawing his gun the suspect reached into his waist area and moved. The officer fired several times striking the suspect at least twice. The suspect went down near some bushes on the north side of the street. Shortly thereafter he was taken into custody. Seattle Fire Department medics responded and pronounced the suspect dead at the scene.
Did anyone actually think this would result in a live suspect? Just saying…
Why would a man wanted for murdering 4 police officers have walk up to the driver’s side of a cop car with a gun?? Just saying….
Because he probably thought he could kill another cop. It sounds to me like it was a set-up, so he COULD kill another officer. Luckily, thi time, the officer was alert. I would make a small wager that the Lakewood police carry 9mm handguns. If the officer that shot Clemmons had been carrying a .45 handgun, Clemmons would have died at the scene.
If the officer that shot Clemmons had a .45, at that range, he would have blown a hole in his gut big enough for a cat to walk through.
Then they wouldn’t have had to chase him, would they.
Ballistics experts abound ’round these parts.
God Bless the pacific northwest!
Shit . . .