Four police officers from Lakewood, Wash., were ambushed in a coffee shop this morning and, at this writing, the suspect is still at large. There is a $10,000 reward for information leading to the capture of this cop-killer. Lakewood Police Guild spokesman Brian D. Wurts:
This morning a complete coward and threat upon all of society took the lives of four of my Guild members and your sworn protectors in a cold blooded assassination. As I write this I am numb. . . . You cannot understand evil like this, as a community we must form a solid bond against criminals and hold them accountable. . . . If you know a cop tell them how much you appreciate them, it truly keeps us going. . . .
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UPDATE 9 p.m. ET: KOMO-TV reports the gunman may have been wounded. Video of a police spokesman describing the “targeted” ambush:
