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
LaTanya Clemmons, whose convictions for helping her cop-killer brother’s getaway driver were overturned by an appeals court, won’t be retried.
The sister of cop-killer Maurice Clemmons was released from prison Monday.
The Steele Street Forza made infamous by the slaying of four Lakewood Police officers three years ago is a Forza no longer.
What did LaTanya Clemmons know and when did she know it?
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.
The trial of Latanya Clemmons began Monday in Pierce County Superior Court, but it was the sins of her brother that took center stage.
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.
The City of Lakewood will create a memorial for its four police officers who lost their lives six months ago.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
• 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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