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| Shots outside house in US manhunt | Shots outside house in US manhunt |
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| Shots have been heard outside a house being surrounded by US police hunting the suspected killer of four fellow officers in Washington State. | Shots have been heard outside a house being surrounded by US police hunting the suspected killer of four fellow officers in Washington State. |
| Acting on a tip-off, they sealed off an area in Leschi neighbourhood in the city of Seattle and armed Swat team members ringed the property. | Acting on a tip-off, they sealed off an area in Leschi neighbourhood in the city of Seattle and armed Swat team members ringed the property. |
| Police used a loudspeaker to call on Maurice Clemmons, 37, to come out. | Police used a loudspeaker to call on Maurice Clemmons, 37, to come out. |
| Mr Clemmons has not been named as a formal suspect. There is no confirmation that he is in the house. | Mr Clemmons has not been named as a formal suspect. There is no confirmation that he is in the house. |
| News of the siege broke in the early hours of Monday, local time. Washington State is eight hours behind GMT. | |
| The four police officers were shot dead in a single attack at a coffee shop in Parkland, 40 miles (65km) south of Seattle on Sunday morning. | |
| The three male officers and their female colleague had been working on their laptops in the coffee shop when at least one gunman entered. | |
| A sheriff's spokesman likened the attack to an execution. Other people in the cafe at the time were not injured. |