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Sgt. MarkRenninger

Officer TinaGriswold

Officer Ron-ald Owens

Officer Greg-ory Richards

4 OFFICERS SLAIN;SEATTLE MANHUNT

THE FAMILIES

‘Outstanding’Lakewood

officers leavebehind 9 kids

See story > A7

HOW THEY DIED

2 were ‘flat-outexecuted’; theother 2 triedto stop killerSee story below

IN WASHINGTON

Subject of search,believed cornered

in Leschi home,has violent past

See story below

IN ARKANSAS

Lengthy prisonterm commuted

by then-Gov.Mike Huckabee

See story > A6

Seattle Times staff

Maurice Clemmons, the 37-year-oldman wanted for questioning in the kill-ing of four Lakewood police officersSunday morning, has a long criminalrecord punctuated by violence, erraticbehavior and concerns about his men-tal health.

His criminal history includes at leastfive felony convictions in Arkansas andat least eight felony charges in Wash-ington. That record also stands out forthe number of times Clemmons hasbeen released from custody despitequestions about the danger he posed.

Mike Huckabee, while governor ofArkansas, granted clemency to Clem-mons nine years ago, commuting hislengthy prison sentence over the pro-

tests of prosecutors.“This is the day I’ve been dreading

for a long time,” Larry Jegley, prosecut-ing attorney for Arkansas’ PulaskiCounty, said Sunday night when in-formed that Clemmons was beingsought in connection with the killings.

In Pierce County, Clemmons hadbeen in jail for the past several monthson a child-rape charge that carries apossible life sentence. He was releasedfrom custody one week ago, eventhough he was staring at eight felonycharges in all.

Clemmons posted $15,000 with aChehalis company called Jail SucksBail Bonds. The bondsman, in turn, putup $150,000, securing Clemmons’ re-lease on the child-rape charge.

Clemmons moved to Washingtonfrom Arkansas in 2004. He was placedunder the supervision of the Washing-ton State Department of Corrections(DOC) for an Arkansas conviction, ac-cording to a department spokesman.

D E A N J . K O E P F L E R / T H E N E W S T R I B U N E

An aerial view shows the scene at Forza Coffee Company near Parkland on Sunday after four Lakewood police officers were shot dead in what authorities call an ambush.

Person of interest letout of Pierce Countyjail one week agoFACING 8 FELONY CHARGES,HE HAD BEEN HELD MONTHS

Prison time, at least5 convictions in Arkansas

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LARRY JEGLEYProsecuting attorney

for Pulaski County in Arkansas

Officersmourned |Police seethemselves astargets again > A8

Shockedcommunityholds vigilhours aftershootings > A8

Seattle Times staff

A SWAT team and police negotia-tors surrounded a Leschi home in Se-attle late Sunday where the mansought in the Lakewood police shoot-ing may have been hiding.

Police surrounded the home at EastYesler Way and 32nd Avenue South,where a woman told them MauriceClemmons, 37, was on the propertyand bleeding, according to law-en-forcement sources.

The woman told police that some-one had dropped Clemmons off at thehome. The source also said police hadreceived tips about two other proper-ties they needed to search, in Seattle’sQueen Anne neighborhood and inRenton.

Police were trying to confirm thatthe man inside the Leschi home wasClemmons, said spokesman Jeff Kap-pel. Clemmons’ sister, Latanya Clem-mons, 34, said Sunday night that she

was driving to the Leschi area to try tofind out what is happening. She saidtheir aunt lives at the house where po-lice were focusing their attention.

Police told residents to stay indoorsand keep their doors locked.

See > SHOOTINGS, A7

Attack in Lakewood area worst on police in state

‘TARGETED ... AMBUSH’

Deadly attack camein coffee shop known

to police as ‘safe haven’

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