HBO’s Inland Northwest — 12.14.09

Lakewood police officer Mark Eakes is the first to place an order at the Forza Coffee Company drive thru in Parkland, Wash., which reopened at 8:14 a.m. Saturday, 13 days after four Lakewood police officers were fatally shot. A bagpiper played as the Forza Coffee shop opened its doors at 8:14 a.m., the time on Nov. 29 when Maurice Clemmons ambushed Lakewood Police Sgt. Mark Renninger and Officers Ronald Owens, Tina Griswold and Greg Richards.(AP Photo/The News Tribune, Janet Jensen)

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