The hunt for a killer comes to an end. We don’t write about these types of stories that often, but sometimes when it’s so close to home, and literally in the same city as Alex, it’s hard to ignore. Maurice Clemmons, a 37 ex-convict, was the suspect that the police were on the lookout for that had killed four Washington police officers in Seattle on Sunday, was shot by a 7 year veteran police officer at 2:45am this morning. After a two-day manhunt, the officer noticed a stolen car parked in a lot, that was running but no one was in it. The officer then approached the suspect outside the car and recognized him from the police photos, as the killer from Sunday. He asked him to show him his hands and when the suspect refused and proceeded to run around the car, the officer then shot him.

Back in May, Clemmons had been charged with child rape and assault on a police officer and is described as “unpredictable and erratic.”

At 8:15am, the officers were shot and killed at a coffee shop on Steele Street, which was a regular hang out for them. Clemmons walked past the officers to the counter, looking as if he was going to order a coffee or something, but instead pulled out a gun and started shooting at them as they sat at their table. Two of the officers were “executed” as the sat, one shot as he stood up, and the fourth one was shot as he tried to take down the gunman, struggling all the way to the door. Clemmons also suffered a gunshot wound to the abdomen but managed to survive….until he was shot last night.

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