Memorial service set for slain Seattle officer

A memorial service has been scheduled for 1 p.m. Friday at Seattle's Key Arena to honor a veteran Seattle police officer killed in a Halloween night shooting that also grazed a rookie officer.

The Associated Press

SEATTLE —

A memorial service has been scheduled for 1 p.m. Friday at Seattle's Key Arena to honor a veteran Seattle police officer killed in a Halloween night shooting that also grazed a rookie officer.

Seattle police say a reward of as much as $40,000 is being offered for information that leads to the arrest and prosecution of those responsible for the slaying of 39-year-old Officer Timothy Brenton. The training officer was hit as he sat in a car reviewing a traffic stop with Student Officer Britt Sweeney. Brenton had been with the department since December 2000.

As part of a wide-ranging investigation, police are looking for any possible connections between the shooting and the Oct. 22 torching of four police vehicles at a Seattle maintenance yard. Police spokesman Sean Whitcomb says the timing and sophisticated nature of both attacks warrant scrutiny.

Interim Chief John Diaz told a City Council briefing Monday that the slaying was a "hit on law enforcement."

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