a cop friend sent his about the shooting
 

> Hey, be safe out there,
>
> Got a call from a Indianapolis pd range instructor. He has a colleague
> on the dept, doing the investigation into the Tacoma Pd shooting, that
> resulted in the deaths of four deputies. He gave me the details of the
> shooting. They are as follows.
>
> Coffee shop was owned by a retired Tacoma pd officer. It was considered
> a "safe" hangout for cops waiting to go on duty, or to stop by for a
> break.
>
> Lakewood Pd (officers that were killed) was a new department recently
> formed. Almost all of the deputies were hired from Pierce co Sheriffs
> office. The deputies were hired from the jail. Most were sworn
> deputies, but had primarily worked the jail. Sounds like they had
> little time on road.
>
> The four deputies were drinking coffee before shift and working on
> laptops with heads down. Table was approximately 15 feet from
> counter/check out register.
>
> Shooter came in and smiles and acknowledges the two deputies facing the
> door way/entrance. They return greeting. Shooter goes up to counter
> like he is going to order. After stepping up to counter, he pulls
> semi-automatic pistol from under his coat. Shooter takes a couple of
> steps toward table, where the deputies are seated. Distance is now
> approximately 12 feet.
>
> Shooter shoots first deputy, who is facing him across table. He is shot
> in head. He is killed instantly. Shooter then shoots nearest deputy,
> that is seated away from him, in the back of the head. He is killed
> instantly. Shooter then shoots across table at third deputy, who is
> facing him, and misses. Fourth shot is fired and strikes third deputy
> in face, killing him instantly.
>
> Last deputy is a Sgt. He stands, while drawing weapon, and charges
> shooter. Table knocked over in attempt to stand. Sgt grabs shooter by
> coat and engages shooter. First round strikes shooter in mid-section
> and goes through and through. Second round is fired and strikes shooter
> in front pocket. Round hits keys, but penetrates about 1.5 inches into
> shooters thigh. Deputies carry 180 grain gold dot ammunition (unknown
> at this time what kind of pistol).
>
> Shooter raises gun and shoots Sgt in face. Sgt falls to ground. Shooter
> kneels/bends over Sgt and does a CONTACT shot to the right eye.
> Shooter then shoots Sgt in the other eye, once again a CONTACT shot.
>
> Shooter takes Sgt's wallet and steals credit cards and Sgt's duty
> weapon. Shooter does not rob the store or hurt or threaten anyone else.
>
>
> The shooting lasted approximately 3-5 seconds for the first three
> deputies. The Sgt's encounter lasted another 5-7 seconds.
>
> Accomplice waiting outside and gets into car. They leave the area.
> Accomplice is a former cell mate he did time with in Arkansas prison.
>
>
> Federal agents track shooter by cellphone "pinging" to locate
> phone/area. Five more additional accomplices help shooter with medical
> issues, food, money etc. Feds find driver and get the name of shooter.
> All accomplices are arrested and general area where shooter is headed is
> found out.
>
> Tuesday approximately 3:00 a.m. shooter turns off phone and takes
> battery out, so that Feds can no longer track phone.
>
> Short time later, Pierce county deputy checks 10-46 abandoned car. Car
> running with lights on and drivers door open.
>
> As Deputy was walking back to squad he sees movement from behind squad.
> Once he clears his headlights, which were blinding him, he sees shooter
> and recognizes him. Shooter is crouching behind squad now. Deputy
> orders him to ground and other commands. Shooter attempts to draw
> weapon and starts to run. Deputy fires five rounds. Three strike the
> shooter. Shooter falls to ground. Deputy covers shooter until back up
> arrives. Unknown how long this took. Once back up on scene, shooter is
> cuffed. He is dead at this point.
>
> Deputies find slain Sgt's duty weapon on shooter. The round recovered
> from the shooters body is traced to the Sgt's weapon, confirming the Sgt
> shot the shooter.

Say thanks to the next policeman you see.

Clearly this guy had a bad attitude toward policemen.

I lived about 35miles from that area for a number of years, and I can tell you I would never live in Pierce County. I worked there for a couple years, and there is a reason why Cops was filmed mostly there.
I wonder if any of these officers who were killed were guards for this guy previously, or if this was a random anti-cop thing.

I went to high school in Olympia and lived in Seattle for about 20 years. I drove past Tacoma many times and spent a little time there now and then. It is a tad rough.

If you belong to a group, if people see you as part of a group, if a group sees you as one of theirs, then someone will hate you. It doesn't matter if you're part of the peace and love and I have a million bucks in the bank for every man woman and child group. Someone will hate you.

Advice for the Judge and the DA
 

Once convicted, EVERY accomplice should suffer the death penalty for this.

I am pretty sure that the law in fact allows for it.

edit: Of course the perp/shooter needs to ALSO get wasted with the ultimate judicial violence for this caper.

Did the perp resurrect?