Maurice Clemmons | featured news

The man wanted in the fatal shooting of four Seattle-area police officers was shot and killed today after he challenged police who approached him, authorities said.

Police close in on a Seattle house, only to find it empty. An alert has been sent to University of Washington students, staff, signaling suspect Maurice Clemmons may be in that area.

The man whom police are seeking as a "person of interest" in the slaying of four police officers was released from an Arkansas prison nine years ago after a controversial decision by then-Gov. Mike Huckabee to commute his sentence.