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LaTanya Clemmons was given the maximum five-year sentence for rendering criminal assistance to the getaway driver who assisted her brother Maurice Clemmons after he shot and killed four police officers in Parkland in November 2009. An appeals court later overturned her conviction. (PETER HALEY/THE NEWS TRIBUNE)

Bill sparked by release of Clemmons’ sister gets Senate approval

The overturned conviction of LaTanya Clemmons is sparking new legislation in Olympia more than three years after her brother Maurice gunned down four Lakewood police officers.
▶ SPECIAL SECTION: Stories related to the Nov. 29, 2009 shooting

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No retrial for sister of cop-killer Maurice Clemmons
Published January 23rd, 2013 - 3:23PM
LaTanya Clemmons, whose convictions for helping her cop-killer brother’s getaway driver were overturned by an appeals court, won’t be retried.
Cop-killer Maurice Clemmons' sister released from prison, served two years
Published July 17th, 2012 - 6:55AM
The sister of cop-killer Maurice Clemmons was released from prison Monday.
Clemmons sister’s case goes to jury
Published June 8th, 2010 - 6:50AM
What did LaTanya Clemmons know and when did she know it?
Newspapers lose in attempt to get information in Lakewood police slayings
Published June 8th, 2010 - 6:39AM
For the second time in a month, a Pierce County judge has refused a request by The Seattle Times and other news organizations, including The News Tribune, to release more than 2,000 pages of law-enforcement reports and other records about the fatal shootings of four Lakewood police officers last year.
Witnesses to police killings describe scene
Published May 25th, 2010 - 10:39AM
The trial of Latanya Clemmons began Monday in Pierce County Superior Court, but it was the sins of her brother that took center stage.
Vigil to honor officers draws crowd to Lakewood
Published May 14th, 2010 - 6:06AM
People congregated Thursday at Lakewood City Hall for a live broadcast of a candlelight vigil held in Washington, D.C., to honor the nation’s fallen law enforcement officers.
Lakewood plans to create memorial for its 4 fallen officers
Published May 14th, 2010 - 6:05AM
The City of Lakewood will create a memorial for its four police officers who lost their lives six months ago.
State's highest honor to be given to slain Lakewood, Pierce County officers today
Published May 7th, 2010 - 8:31AM
Fourteen law enforcement officers - including six from the Lakewood Police Department and Pierce County Sheriff's Office - will be honored today during a ceremony in Olympia.
Officers’ families hurt their own cause
Published April 13th, 2010 - 8:53AM
The South Sound has showered the families of four slain Lakewood police officers with love, support and money. But the community’s generosity is not so spent that it can’t afford one more gift: the benefit of the doubt.
Lakewood police families drop claims after intense criticism
Published April 10th, 2010 - 6:34AM
The families of three slain Lakewood police officers decided Friday to abandon their claims for damages against Pierce County after the public unleashed a torrent of criticism against them.
3 of the fallen officers' families reportedly drop claims against Pierce County
Published April 9th, 2010 - 12:18PM
The Seattle Times and Q-13 Fox News are reporting that the estates of Renninger, Richards and Owens will drop their claims against the county altogether, citing the ugly public backlash.
Slain Lakewood officers’ families advise lawmakers
Published January 19th, 2010 - 10:53AM
Family members of three of the four Lakewood police officers slain Nov. 29 were among those advising state lawmakers Monday how to close gaps in the criminal justice system that allowed convicted robber Maurice Clemmons to run free.
Inquest called for in death of police killer
Published January 15th, 2010 - 9:47AM
King County Executive Dow Constantine plans to call for an inquest into the fatal shooting of Maurice Clemmons, who killed four Lakewood police officers Nov. 29.
Four police killed
Published November 30th, 2009 - 12:00AM
A Lakewood police officer who saw three of his colleagues shot dead Sunday tried to stop the fleeing gunman and might have shot him before being killed at a Parkland coffee shop, authorities said.



At 8:14 a.m. Nov. 29, 2009, four Lakewood Police Department officers were gunned down at the Forza Coffee Co. shop in Parkland, Washington.

Sgt. Mark Renninger and officers Tina Griswold, Ronald Owens and Greg Richards were killed as they prepared for their Sunday shifts. Maurice Clemmons, a convicted felon, was identified as the shooter and a massive manhunt was launched.

Clemmons was shot and killed by a Seattle police officer two days later.

This special section features stories related to the tragedy, with the most recent stories appearing first. Click here to view oldest stories first.

Extensive coverage of the shooting and three-day manhunt for the killer can be found on our Lights and Sirens crime blog.

FALLEN - FIRST 72 HOURS
Four Lakewood police killed

Tips lead here, there, but suspect still at large

Updates from Parkland-area crime shooting scene

Person of interest in slayings began criminal career as a teen

Clemmons deemed 'dangerous' by psychologists, threatened to kill jail workers

Cotton balls, duct tape used to dress Clemmons' wound

Search for shooting suspect ends with random stop

FALLEN - RELATED LINKS
• Profile: Mark Renninger
• Profile: Tina Griswold
• Profile: Ronnie Owens
• Profile: Greg Richards
• Gallery: Forza reopens
• Gallery: Memorial
• Gallery: Procession
• Gallery: Tributes
• Gallery: Cemetery procession
• Gallery: Manhunt ends
• Gallery: Suspect at large
• Gallery: Four officers killed
• Map: Manhunt for Clemmons
• Video: Clemmons arraignment


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