Drive-by Shooting Apparently Targeted Seattle Police
November 3, 2009 by Homeland Security NTARC News
Filed under Incident Reports
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A disturbing and saddening first for the city of Seattle. Seattle police say the fatal drive-by shooting of veteran Officer Timothy Brenton on Saturday night represented something the department had not seen before: the apparent targeting of police at random.
“It was incredibly brazen and bold,” said Assistant Police Chief Jim Pugel, who called the shooting an “assassination.”
Brenton, 39, a field training officer, and officer-trainee Britt Sweeney were seated in their parked squad car when Sweeney sensed danger over her left shoulder and yelled for her partner to duck.
A car pulled up alongside the officers’ car in the 100 block of 29th Avenue shortly after 10 p.m., and someone inside opened fire.
Bullets grazed Sweeney’s back as she hunkered down. Brenton was struck by several gunshots and died instantly.
Sweeney, 33, grabbed the police radio and called for help, jumped from the car and fired several rounds at the gunman’s sedan as it backed away from the cruiser, turned around and sped down the Leschi street, police said Sunday.
Speaking at a news conference Sunday afternoon, Mayor Greg Nickels called the shooting “a coldblooded killing.”
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Seems funny. FBI warns that anti-police reprisals against “Washington” law enforcement and then a Seattle officer is attacked in what can only be a cold-blooded execution. Maybe that alert was thinking too narrowly. Maybe what this country needs to do is to start thinking outside the box more often. There is more going on but we seem to be watching only a couple of boxes. People will only really wake up to the true threat when they are afraid to go to the market for fresh food. And unless they’ve really planned ahead, going to the market will be their only option, or raiding your pantry.