Murder of Timothy Brenton
Murder of Timothy Brenton | |
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Location | UTC-8) |
Attack type | Ambush shooting |
Weapons |
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Deaths | 1 |
Injured | 2 (including the perpetrator) |
Perpetrator | Christopher Monfort |
The murder of Timothy Brenton occurred on October 31, 2009, in the
The shooting is believed to have been a targeted attack against police officers in general, not against either officer individually. The suspect arrested in connection with the murder, Christopher Monfort, was also charged in connection with the October 22, 2009, firebombing of Seattle police vehicles at a city maintenance facility.[3] No clear motive was established, but he had left behind fliers discussing police brutality, and had expressed opinions against wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was accused by authorities of being a terrorist who waged a "one-man war" against the police.[4]
Victims
One Seattle Police Department (SPD) officer was killed and another injured. They were:
- Field Training Officer Timothy Brenton, 39, of Hoquiam, and was a veteran of the United States Army and the Gulf War, was killed in the attack. He graduated from West Seattle High School and Spokane Community College and had two children.[1]
- Trainee Officer Britt Sweeney, 33, of Seattle, having one month with the SPD, was injured in the attack.
Incident
On the night of October 31, 2009, at approximately 10:00 pm Pacific Daylight Time (
Seattle's police chief called the attack an assassination,[6] as well as an act of domestic terrorism.[3] Several days after the shooting, a suspicious vehicle was identified as having been seen on dashboard cameras of other police vehicles in the area of the shooting.
A public memorial service was held for Brenton on November 6. The memorial began with a procession of police and fire vehicles from the
Perpetrator
The shooter was identified as Christopher John Monfort (born 1968; died January 18, 2017).
Police said that upon entering Monfort's apartment, they found three rifles (a
On 5th June 2015, Monfort was convicted of murder, two counts of attempted murder, and one count of arson by a King County jury.[11] He was sentenced to life in prison.[12] He died in prison of an amitriptyline overdose on January 18, 2017, at the age of 48.[13][14]
See also
- 2009 shootings of Oakland police officers
- 2009 shooting of Pittsburgh police officers
- 2009 Lakewood shooting
References
- ^ a b Officer Brenton’s biography
- ^ a b "No one is safe until officer's killer is caught, Seattle police say". CNN. November 4, 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
- ^ a b "Alleged Cop Killer Eyed in Car Bombings". AOL news. Archived from the original on November 11, 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
- ^ KOMO Staff (Nov 12, 2009). "Monfort charged in 'one-man war' against Seattle police force". Retrieved July 21, 2016.
- ^ a b c "Seattle police officer murder suspect paralyzed". King5 news. November 13, 2009. Archived from the original on November 15, 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
- ^ a b "Seattle police: Shooting death of officer an 'assassination'". King5 news. November 13, 2009. Archived from the original on November 4, 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
- ^ a b Self-doubts troubled suspect in killing of officer | The Seattle Times
- ^ "Suspect in officer's shooting described as 'smart, mature'". KOMO news. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
- ^ "Seattle Official Says Man Waged 'War' on the Police". New York Times. Associated Press. 2009-11-15.
- ^ "Court documents reveal more about note, evidence on Monfort". Seattle PI. November 24, 2009. Retrieved November 24, 2009.
- ^ Levi Pulkkinen. "Seattle cop killer convicted in 2009 deadly anti-police spree". SeattlePI. Retrieved 2015-06-14.
- ^ Public Affairs (July 23, 2015). "Mayor Ed Murray, Chief Kathleen O'Toole Respond to Jury Sentence In Murder of Seattle Officer". SPD Blotter. Seattle Police Department.
- ^ Christopher Monfort, killer of Seattle police officer, found dead in prison cell | The Seattle Times
- ^ Seattle cop killer Christopher Monfort died of drug overdose