2009 Lakewood shooting

2009 Lakewood shooting
The Lakewood Police Department Fallen Officer Memorial, which honors the shooting victims.
Location	Parkland, Washington, U.S.
Date	November 29, 2009; 14 years ago (2009-11-29) 8:15 a.m. (UTC-8)
Target	Police officers
Attack type	Mass shooting, mass murder, ambush
Weapons	Glock 17 semi-automatic pistol
Deaths	5 (including the perpetrator two days later)
Perpetrator	Maurice Clemmons
Accused	Darcus Allen (accused of being an accomplice) Five other individuals accused of being accomplices; all either had convictions overturned or were acquitted
Verdict	Allen: First and second trials: Guilty on all counts Third trial: Hung jury
Charges	Allen: Capital murder (4 counts; first and second trials) First-degree murder (4 counts; third trial)
Sentence	Allen: 420 years in prison (overturned)

On November 29, 2009, four police officers of Lakewood, Washington were fatally shot at the Forza (now Blue Steele^[1]) 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.