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LAKEWOOD,WA - An ambush in a coffee shop near Lakewood, Washington has left four police officers were killed.
Lakewood, a small suburb in Pierce County, is about 40 miles outside of Seattle and houses the McChord Air Force and Fort Lewis Army Bases.
The scene of the bloody ambush was the Forza Coffee Company which borders the Air Force Base. Base Spokesman Bud McKay said the base was not shut down, but security was ramped up around the perimeter as a precaution and the military has offered assistance to police, he said, but it has not been requested.
Sheriff's Department spokesman Ed Troyer was quoted as saying, "This was a targeted, selected ambush. Just the law enforcement officers were targeted."
The officers were sitting in the coffee shop before the start of their shifts, on their computers, when the shooting occurred. Troyer has said that he told reporters that authorities believe the officers were meeting and going over cases or doing paperwork. A lone gunman entered the shop and began opening fire shooting all four officers. Customers inside the shop were unharmed.
Police are looking for two men in relation to the 8 a.m. attack. One of the suspects is described as an African-American man, between 5 feet 7 inches and 5 feet 10 inches tall, wearing a black coat and blue jeans, with a "scruffy" appearance, Troyer said. The man is believed to have fled the coffee shop on foot. Officers were working on getting additional descriptions from witnesses.
"We're doing everything we can," Troyer said. Authorities were conducting searches in numerous locations, he said, and dogs had been brought in to attempt to track the suspects.
Police officials say that there were no known threats against police before the incident.
Police officials are now in the process of notifying the family members of the fallen police officers and the individual departments the officers were from. All were local police officers.
A $10,000 reward was offered for information leading to an arrest.
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