Pierce County Sheriff 's Department spokesman Ed Troyer said . Police round up family , friends of suspects to keep them from helping him escape . Maurice Clemmons , 37 , is suspected in the shooting death of 4 officers in coffee shop . Note : Some of Clemmons ' family , friends have been trying to help him elude arrest . Clemmons is an ex - convict with a long rap sheet in Washington and Arkansas .
Police round up family , friends of suspects to keep them from helping him escape . Maurice Clemmons , 37 , is suspected in the shooting death of 4 officers in coffee shop . Note : Some of Clemmons ' family , friends have been trying to help him elude arrest . Clemmons is an ex - convict with a long rap sheet in Washington and Arkansas .