Prior to his involvement in the shooting, Clemmons had five felony convictions in Arkansas and eight felony charges in Washington. After evading police for two days following the shooting, Clemmons was shot and killed by a police officer in Seattle. Maurice Clemmons (Febru– December 1, 2009) was identified as the shooter in the Novemmurder of four police officers in Parkland, Washington. Pierce County Sheriff's Department mugshot of Maurice Clemmons. The four Lakewood police officers were the first to be killed in the line of duty since the department was established in 2004. The Lakewood shooting is the most deadly attack on law enforcement in the state of Washington.Īt the time, the Lakewood shooting was both the second deadliest attack on law enforcement in the United States since the March 21, 2009, fatal shootings of four Oakland, California, police officers, as well as the second deadliest attack on law enforcement in a single incident by a single gunman. That gunman was shot dead in return fire. Three weeks later on December 21 in Eatonville, two Pierce County sheriff's deputies were shot and critically injured (one later died of his wounds). Seattle police officer Timothy Brenton was murdered a month earlier under similar circumstances. When he refused orders to stop, he was shot and killed by a Seattle Police Department officer.įive 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.Ĭlemmons' shooting of the Lakewood officers was initially thought to have been part of a targeted attack by multiple persons against police officers in the Seattle-Tacoma area, but these actions are now considered unrelated. After a massive two-day manhunt that spanned several nearby cities, an officer recognized Clemmons near a stalled car in south Seattle. 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. 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. Sharon Wainwright, manager of Delite Donuts, said the bakery donated their goods to the officers involved in the chase.Īlvarado was charged with first-degree theft, a Class C felony eluding police officers, a Class D felony and numerous traffic violations.Maurice Clemmons (killed by gunfire two days later) Perhaps it was the possibility of the reward. I don’t know whether the fact that the stolen vehicle contained donuts has anything to do with that."
"What strikes me as a bit out of the ordinary in this case is the number of officers who were able to respond. Rich Vander Mey, assistant Tama County Attorney was in the mood for a little fun. A sheriff’s deputy spotted him heading west on Highway 30, and the deputy was soon joined by two more sheriff’s cars and a Belle Plaine city officer in the chase, which reached speeds of up to 100 MPH.
DONUT COUNTY GETAWAY VEHICLE DRIVER
when a delivery driver was making a stop at the Rock Island Hospital. In Iowa, Frank Alvarado, 46, discovered donut fans don't make good getaway vehicles Thursday morning after leading nine officers from four different agencies in a high-speed chase through Benton and Tama counties.Īlvarado stole the Donut Delite van around 5 a.m. Yes, yes, I know it's all a big joke and an urban legend, but still. I mean, just throw donuts out the back to slow them down. I mean, if it were you, do you really think you could get away in a donut truck? Echoes of the past I previously wrote about officers tracking down a perp in a stolen donut truck.
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