Suspect wanted in police shootings is shot dead

A man wanted in the killings of four police officers on Sunday has been shot dead this morning by police in South Seattle. Maurice Clemmons, 37, was killed around 2 a.m. after he challeged police when they approached him.

A man wanted in the killings of four police officers on Sunday has been shot dead this morning by police in South Seattle.

Maurice Clemmons, 37, was killed around 2 a.m. after he challeged police when they approached him.

The four police officers, all of them parents, died in an ambush-style attack Sunday in Lakewood, about 40 miles south of Seattle.

Media reports indicate that Clemmons had an extensive history of involvement with the law, and nine years ago, then-Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee commuted his 95-year prison sentence.

"Should he be found to be responsible for this horrible tragedy," Huckabee said on Sunday, "it will be the result of a series of failures in the criminal justice system in both Arkansas and Washington state."

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