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March 22, 2010, “Four Cops Shot”
These Are Their Stories
A man shoots and kills four cops—three men and a woman—who are eating lunch in a pizza shop.
This Is the Real Story
On Nov. 29, 2009,
Maurice Clemmons
entered a coffee shop in Lakewood, Wash., and killed four police officers—three men and a woman—who were eating breakfast and working on their laptops. After a two-day manhunt, Clemmons was shot and
killed
by a police officer.