THE man suspected of gunning down four police officers in a suburban coffee shop was shot and killed by a lone patrolman investigating a stolen car early yesterday. Four people were arrested for allegedly helping the suspect elude authorities during a massive two-day manhunt.

Police today shot dead the prime suspect in the murder of four Seattle officers.

THE suspect in the killing of four police officers gunned down in a coffee shop was not found yesterday in the Seattle home where he was thought to have been holed up overnight, likely wounded from his bloody encounter with the officers.

The main suspect in the murders of four US police officers shot as they sat in a coffee shop was gunned down as he hid in a house today.

A man with an extensive criminal past whose 95-year prison sentence was commuted nearly a decade ago was sought today after four police officers were gunned down in a US coffee shop.