4:30 p.m. update: Suspect in Brenton slaying shot by police in Tukwila
Traffic will be a mess today along the route of the processional for Officer Timothy Brenton. The processional, which may include as many as 1,500 vehicles, begins at the University of Washington at 9 a.m., ending at Key Arena around noon. The map of the processional can be found here. Seattle Transit Blog has information on Metro re-routes here. The public memorial service begins at 1 p.m. at Key Arena, and Queen Anne View will be there.
You can see a map mashup of the coverage on Seattle Times right here.
Police are still searching for a white or light-beige 1980 to 1983 Datsun 210 coupe (similar car shown above) that might have rear-window louvers and a defective right taillight. If you have any information regarding this case you can contact Seattle Police at 206-233-5000, anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 206-343-2020 or through a text message by texting TIP486 with a message, then sending that to 274637 (CRIMES).
Imagine if you still owned one of these cars. You would be swarmed with swat mans if you ever took it out of the garage.
I have a feeling the car was purchased just for the hit. Hopefully someone who sold a this model will step forward. If the killer went so far as to plan as it sounds, he likely purchased it outside the area. I'm sure DMV's across the country are researching recent sales info.
Why couldn't they have this parade at a reasonable time? Say starting at 11am? I guess I was hoping that our cops and firefighters weren't scumbags–I wish they actually cared about the needs of the population they're paid to protect.
Thankfully, there are men and women who will serve as police officers and firefighters placing themselves in harm's way to protect the rest of us – even people like robotspider who are clearly undeserving of such sacrifice.
Spider, next time you or a loved one is the victim of vicious, violent crime, do us all a favor, don't call the 'scumbags' call a hippie.
What is this a bad 70s movie where “hippies” are the nemesis of law and order? When was the last time you saw a “hippie”? At this point the term is simply a stereotype.
Plus what do you mean by “the next time”? I live in Ballard. We hardly ever have random violent crimes because it's not a poor neighborhood. And in any case my life would be in the hands of a doctor, someone well educated unlike the aforementioned “scumbags.”
really robotspider, what do you expect to hear after calling police 'scumbags' because their memorial ride is inconvenient to your commute? poor choice of words to say the least.
before your precious body ever sees a doctor, it's triaged/transferred to a qualified hospital. violent crimes are on the rise in ballard. to quote my good friend bob plant, “your time is gonna come.”
Robotspider, the scumbag here is you. A public servant was murdered in cold blood, and his brothers want to honor him. Police and firemen run towards gunfire, into neighborhoods your pussy yuppie/hipster dumbass wouldn't dare venture, and into fires to save others.
It was a minor inconvenience for me to get up 30 minutes earlier for my commute sure, but someone died while trying to preserve the peace, and protect and serve.
Personally, I hope instant Karma strikes and you are the victim of a violent home invasion. I would love to hear you whiney moans of “WHY WEREN'T THE POLICE HERE!” after you get pistol whipped and sodomized.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_v._District…
1/2 way there man — cars used in crimes are stolen so they can't be traced back to the criminal
Look, many people agree that it might be a little excessive to bring major portions of the city to a standstill for 3 hours everytime a cop dies in the line of duty (it is a hard, dangerous job but many others die serving the public too and go basically unheralded). But JESUS man have a little tact.
A policeman (a real person with a family and friends) was brutally murdered and you broad brush all cops as scumbags because the funeral procession inconvenienced you? This has got to just be the product of internet anonymity — you can't be this much of a tool in real life.