Maurice Clemmons, the suspect wanted in the slaying of four Lakewood
police officers, was shot and killed in South Seattle early this
morning by a Seattle police officer making a routine check of a stolen
car.

The shooting occurred about the same time as Pierce County sheriff's
detectives took into custody a man believed to have acted as a getaway
driver in Sunday's slayings of the Lakewood officers. Police also
booked four people into jail on suspicion of providing assistance to
Clemmons, said sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer.

One of those arrested is the alleged getaway driver and is believed to
be a former cellmate of Clemmons in Arkansas, according to law
enforcement and KIRO-TV.

Several other people also will be taken into custody for helping
Clemmons, Troyer said.

Clemmons, who was armed with a handgun taken from one of the officers
he is accused of killing, was shot in the 4400 block of South Kenyon
Street during a confrontation with a South Precinct patrol officer,
police officials said. He refused commands to stop and was shot by the
officer about 2:45 a.m., the officials said.