More Charges Filed In Shootings Of Lakewood Police

A man accused of driving Maurice Clemmons away from the coffee shop where he massacred four Lakewood police officers made his first court appearance Wednesday as authorities continued to pursue those who may have helped Clemmons stay on the lam during a frantic two-day manhunt.

Darcus Allen, a convicted murderer who did time with Clemmons in an Arkansas prison, is being held on a fugitive warrant from Arkansas. He has no bail.

The team of people accused of helping Clemmons following the Parkland shootings grew to six following the arrest of Clemmons' aunt Tuesday night.

The new arrest occurred at Clemmon's sister's house in Pacific, where Clemmon's aunt, Letricia Nelson, was taken into custody for allegedly helping the suspect.

In addition, the Pierce County Jail online jail roster showed Quiana Williams was booked Tuesday night on charges of four counts of rendering criminal assistance to Clemmons.

Both Nelson and Williams are in custody on a 72-hour hold with $500,000 bail after appearing in court Wednesday. They will be arraigned on Dec. 4.

Three men -- two of them friends, one of them the half brother of Maurice Clemmons -- made their first court appearances Tuesday hours after Clemmons was shot and killed by a Seattle police officer.

The men are accused of helping Clemmons escape the law after he gunned down four Lakewood police officers in a Parkland coffee shop Sunday.

Douglas Davis pleaded not guilty to a charge of first-degree rendering criminal assistance. His bail was set at $500,000.

His brother, Eddie Davis, is also charged with first-degree rendering criminal assistance. He pleaded not guilty and his bail was set at $700,000.

The brothers are both from Arkansas and have close ties to Clemmons and his family.

A third man, Clemmons’ half brother Ricky Hinton, was also arrested. Police believe he supplied the car to drive the 37-year-old murder suspect.

Hinton will be arraigned on Thursday.

Darcus Allen, the alleged getaway driver, was booked Tuesday on suspicion of four counts of first-degree rendering criminal assistance, making false statements to police and driving without a valid license, police said.

Allen allegedly drove Clemmons to a spot blocks away from the Forza Coffee shop. Clemmons then walked to the shop, shot the officers and returned to the car, prosecutors said. Full story

Allen, 43, is also a former cellmate of Clemmons from his time in an Arkansas prison and is a fugitive wanted by that state.

Detectives are determining how much knowledge he had about the incident and he could be charged with four counts of first-degree murder, said Detective Ed Troyer at a press conference Tuesday afternoon.

In a Wednesday court appearance, Allen asked the judge to appoint an attorney.

"I'm basically in the blind as to what I'm here for, so I'd like to talk to somebody," said Allen.

He will be charged as a fugitive, though the details of that charge are unclear.

As Allen left the courtroom, he called out to the media: "Help me, help me."

In court documents, Eddie Lee Davis and Douglas Davis said that after the Parkland shooting, Clemmons told them that he had "taken care of business," that he had been shot by police and he had shot some officers.

On the Saturday night before the shooting, Clemmons showed the three men two handguns and "told them he was going to shoot police," according to the documents.

When asked about Clemmons’ motive, Troyer said detectives have no motive other than the fact that he was locked up in jail and the night before the shooting he told people to “watch the news, and that he was going to kill a group of cops.”

He said Clemmons did not name a specific police department and was “mad about being in jail and didn’t like police officers.”

Troyer said those who heard Clemmons say he was going to kill cops the night before the incident did not call police until after it happened.

Police said a .38-caliber revolver found at the Parkland shooting scene is believed to be Clemmons'.

Two shell casings from a .40-caliber Glock that came from Officer Greg Richards’ gun were found on the floor, according to the documents.

Clemmons was shot once or twice in the abdomen by a Lakewood police officer, Troyer said. When medics reached Clemmons after the Seattle shooting, he had cotton and gauze stuffed in the wound with duct tape over it, he said.

He said medics were amazed Clemmons was able to leave the coffee shop let alone walk around for a few days with the gunshot wound.

According to documents, detectives showed baristas from the Parkland Forza coffee shop a photo lineup and a woman picked Clemmons as the shooter.

Documents said after the shooting, Clemmons got in a truck with a driver already inside and fled the scene. A short time later, the same vehicle was left in a parking lot. During a search of the vehicle, blood was found on the arm rest and the vehicle was registered to a business owned by Clemmons, documents said.

Police said Clemmons, who was bleeding badly after being shot in the upper stomach by one of the Lakewood officers, went to that sister's home.

Authorities said Clemmons' sister cleaned his wound, packed it with cotton balls and gauze, and then duct-taped his torso.

She then helped her brother change clothes, police said.

That sister, who is assisting investigators, showed detectives blood-stained carpet at her home.

WATCH IT: Police Comb Scene Of Clemmons' First Hideout

Tuesday night, detectives with search warrants cut out pieces of that carpeting and removed it from the home.

Investigators told KIRO 7 the carpet is an important piece of evidence that could prove that Clemmons was helped and hidden by a network of friends and family after he murdered four Lakewood police officers.

Documents said that from Algona, he was driven by the female to the Auburn Supermall and met a third vehicle driven by another female. The group drove to a nearby apartment complex then Clemmons left with the female driver who drove him to Seattle, documents said.

Police knew Clemmons was associated with an address in the Leschi neighborhood and were investigating the area when they saw a black man on foot near a residence, documents said. The officers also saw a vehicle leaving the area and stopped the vehicle.

The female driver told police Clemmons was a friend of hers and said he told her "he had killed a police officer or officers in a Tacoma coffee shop," according to documents. Clemmons had just gotten out of the vehicle before police stopped her.

They searched the car and found a piece of clothing that had a hole in the front and had blood on it. They also found gauze, bandage material and peroxide.

More people will be questioned and Troyer said there is a “strong possibility of more arrests in this case.”

Following a 40-hour manhunt that spanned two counties, Clemmons was shot early Monday by a lone Seattle police officer on routine patrol in the Rainer Valley.

“We expected that it was going to get to the point where he had nowhere to go and no one left to help him,” Troyer said.

“We are all relieved to have Clemmons off the street, but there is still work to be done on this case, and we’re not going to rest until everyone involved in this murder, in any way, is brought to justice,” said Pierce County prosecutor Mark Lindquist.

Pierce Co. Sheriff Paul Pastor said the shooting of four Lakewood police officers “is a horrendous crime.”

Pastor said, “It’s a crime not just against people who wear badges. It’s a crime against everybody in the community. It’s a crime against the good we can do for people in the community.”

Clemmons died 40 miles from the Parkland shooting scene, in Seattle's Rainier Valley early Tuesday morning.

Troyer said he believed that if Clemmons had not been killed by police he would have eventually died from his untreated wound.

A Seattle patrol officer spotted a suspicious vehicle in the 4400 block of South Kenyon Street at 2:43 a.m., police said. The Acura Integra was unoccupied; its engine was running and the hood was up. The officer stopped to investigate further and discovered that the Acura was stolen. Full story

WATCH IT: Clemmons Chose Wrong Car To Steal, Car's Owner Says

As the officer was running the car's license plates, a man approached him from behind.

"He ordered the person to stop. He ordered the person to show his hands. That person would not show his hands and also began to run away counter clockwise around the vehicle," said Jim Pugel, Seattle Police Assistant Chief.

Police said the officer recognized the man as the suspect wanted in the Parkland shootings.

In a news release, police gave this account of what happened next: "As the officer was drawing his gun the suspect reached into his waist area and moved. The officer fired several times striking the suspect at least twice. The suspect went down near some bushes on the north side of the street. Shortly thereafter he was taken into custody. Seattle Fire Department medics responded and pronounced the suspect dead at the scene."

The suspect was armed with a handgun, located in a front pocket. The gun was verified by serial number as belonging to one of the slain Lakewood police officers.

Also Tuesday, the White House issued this statement from President Obama: "The President is deeply saddened by the tragic killing of four police officers this week in Lakewood, WA. As authorities in Washington state continue to investigate the circumstances of this tragedy, his thoughts and prayers are with the families of these brave Americans who put their lives on the line to protect their fellow citizens."

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