[2] One week later, as a public memorial service for Brenton was being held at KeyArena, the gunman was seriously wounded and apprehended after being shot by police officers in Tukwila.
[3] No clear motive was established, but he had left behind fliers discussing police brutality, and had expressed opinions against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
They were: On the night of October 31, 2009, at approximately 10:00 pm Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7), Brenton and his partner, trainee officer Britt Sweeney, were sitting in their patrol car following a traffic stop at 29th Avenue South and East Yesler Way in the Central District.
As they were discussing the traffic stop they had just performed, a vehicle pulled up alongside their police car and someone inside opened fire with a rifle.
The memorial began with a procession of police and fire vehicles from the University of Washington campus to KeyArena, where a public ceremony was held.
Investigators also matched ballistics between a rifle found in Monfort's apartment and the bullets used in the attack on Brenton and Sweeney.