And we have a suspect in the murder of Officer Timothy Brenton

I was relieved to read late last evening that there’s someone in custody. Looks like the party in question’s been pretty busy in the meantime.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010226607_suspect08m.html

Amid the carnage and confusion of the Halloween night ambush-slaying of Seattle police Officer Timothy Brenton was one seemingly incongruous clue that soon took on an ominous meaning.

A bandanna printed with the American flag, found near the patrol car where Brenton was gunned down, provided a chilling connection to a second crime, just nine days earlier, that also targeted Seattle police.

The link — to the bombing of Seattle police vehicles on Oct. 22, where a small flag was found — allowed investigators to quickly determine Brenton almost certainly had been targeted simply because he was an officer. And it helps explain why police officials quickly labeled the killing an assassination.

Detectives are trying to determine why the man suspected of both crimes, Christopher John Monfort, 41, apparently held a grudge against officers that spiraled from destructive to deadly in so little time. Police on Saturday labeled him a “domestic terrorist” who was apparently acting alone and whose motives remain under investigation.

I don’t have anything vile enough to call Mr. Monfort. The English language fails to meet my need for self-expression right now. I hope he recovers from his gunshot wound. I hope that he stands trial. After all, that’s the way we do things in America. If he is found guilty, I hope he never sees the exterior of a prison again.

It’s unfortunate that those who wish to make a statement in our society by killing others can’t simply lean into the strike zone and take one for the team, to quote Dennis Miller.

-S