Lakewood Police Shooting: 4 Officers Shot Dead

Spokesman Jeff Kappel said the SWAT team surrounded the home around 8:45 p.m. after receiving a tip that Maurice Clemmons may be inside.

Investigators on the scene said negotiators are trying to get the man inside to surrender without incident.

"We have to go on the assumption that anyone that may be involved in the events today is armed and dangerous. So we're using an abundance of caution," said Seattle police spokesman Jeff Kappel.

Clemmons, 37, is being sought in the deadly shooting of four Lakewood police officers on Sunday morning.

One of the officers was shot as he attempted to struggle with the gunman, Troyer said. Another officer fired off some shots toward the gunman as he fled, and may have hit him.

"We have reason to believe there were shots fired," Troyer said. "We hope the suspect was shot, because that would tell us who it is. There aren't a whole lot of people running around with gunshot wounds." Two baristas and a handful of other customers were inside the coffee shop at the time of the attack, but none of them were shot or injured. The suspect fled without taking any money.

SEATTLE —  Four police officers were shot dead in an ambush at a Washington state coffee house, a sheriff's official said Sunday.

The attack occurred near McChord Air Force Base in Parkland, Wash.

Pierce County Sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer tells KOMO-TV that the officers were hit near 116th Street and Steele Street on the east side of the Air Force base at about 8:30 a.m.

The officers were shot at Forza Coffee, the News Tribune of Tacoma reported.  KOMO TV in Seattle reported that a $10,000 reward is being offered. 

Multiple police agencies have joined in the hunt for the gunmen.

Three male officers and one female officer all died at the scene.

A $10,000 reward is being offered for any information leading to the arrest of the suspects, Troyer said. An emergency tip line has been set up, at 866-977-2362, for callers to report any helpful information.

Emergency personnel rushed to the scene after receiving a report that multiple officers were shot and killed in the ambush at 8:30 a.m. Sunday, according to reports from the scene.

Within minutes, hundreds of investigators and police were rushing to the scene. Roads were blocked in the vicinity of the attack.

Later in the morning, officers identified a white pickup truck abandoned at 134th Street and Pacific Avenue South that is believed to be the one that the suspects fled in.