2009 Lakewood shooting
| 2009 Lakewood shooting | |
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The Lakewood Police Department Fallen Officer Memorial, which honors the shooting victims. | |
| Location | Parkland, Washington, U.S. |
| Date | November 29, 2009 c. 8:15 a.m. (UTC-8) |
| Target | Police officers |
Attack type | Mass shooting, mass murder, ambush, shootout |
| Weapon | 9mm Glock 17 semi-automatic pistol |
| Deaths | 5 (including the perpetrator two days later) |
| Injured | 0 |
| Perpetrator | Maurice Clemmons |
| Accused |
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| Verdict | Allen: First and second trials: Guilty on all counts Third trial: Hung jury Fourth trial: None; pleaded guilty |
| Charges | Allen:
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| Sentence | Allen: 420 years in prison (overturned) 10 years imprisonment |
On November 29, 2009, four police officers of Lakewood, Washington, were fatally shot at the Forza (now Blue Steele) coffee shop, located at 11401 Steele Street #108 South in the Parkland unincorporated area of Pierce County, Washington, near Tacoma. A gunman, later identified as Maurice Clemmons, entered the shop, shot the officers while they worked on laptops, and fled the scene with a single gunshot wound in his torso. After a massive two-day manhunt that spanned several nearby cities, an officer recognized Clemmons near a stalled car in south Seattle. When he refused orders to stop, he was shot and killed by a Seattle Police Department officer.
Five people, all friends and family of Clemmons, were convicted of crimes associated with aiding his escape and enabling him to elude capture, but most convictions were reversed on appeal, based on court findings of misconduct by the Pierce County Prosecutor's Office.