Our newspartners at The Seattle Times are reporting that the “person of interest” in last weekend’s police murder is in critical condition at Harborview with a wound to the head.
They’ve also proven that having sources and their phone numbers is much more productive than waiting for media briefings at crime scenes. As we reported earlier today, SPD detectives were in Tukwila to investigate a tip from a citizen in Officer Brenton’s murder:
The person who tipped police to the car said the man had only recently covered it and had been acting bizarrely, according to a law enforcement source.
The wounded man apparently has no felony history. He had recently laid off from his job as a security guard, according to the source.
The shooting happened just as the memorial service for Brenton was ending at Seattle’s KeyArena. Many of the officers who attended the memorial immediately left when they got word of the shooting, some rushing to Tukwila.
The Times is also reporting that two other men have been detained, and that they may have ties to the person of interest.
Read the whole story at SeattleTimes.com
Update: And now the 41 year old suspect is named in an update to the Seattle Times story:
Records show he was a student at Highline Community College. An adviser there said he was interested in criminal justice.
[The suspect] apparently has no felony history though he was caught speeding twice in Snohomish County, once inSeptember 2007 and again in March this year. Most recently he worked as a security guard, although he was recently laid off, according to source.
So far it seems like SPD’s psychological profile pretty much nailed this guy.
