On the morning of November 29, 2009, 37-year-old Lakewood Police Department officer Ronald Wilbur Owens II was killed in a targeted attack at Forza Coffee Company in Parkland, Washington. Owens and three colleagues were seated together before their shift when a lone gunman, identified as Maurice Clemmons, entered and opened fire. After the shooter’s first gun jammed, he struggled with Owens, then drew a second weapon, a .38 caliber revolver, and fatally shot Owens during the altercation.

The ambush also killed Officers Tina DeLong-Griswold, Mark Renninger and Greg Richards; Richards had fired once during a struggle but was also killed. A two-day manhunt followed. The suspect was later located by Seattle police and shot dead after refusing to comply; an accomplice, Darcus Allen, had driven the shooter away from the coffee shop after the initial attack. Owens had served five years with Lakewood and twelve years in law enforcement overall and is survived by his daughter.

If anyone was in or near Forza Coffee Company that morning or has information about the events leading up to the ambush, please share what is known.