SEATTLE -- A Seattle police officer was shot to death and another officer was wounded late Saturday night while conducting a traffic stop in the city's Central District neighborhood.

The officer who died was a veteran of the department, and the woman who was wounded is a student officer in training, Assistant Chief Jim Pugel said.

The two had stopped a car near the intersection of 29th Avenue and East Yesler Way just after 10 p.m. when another vehicle pulled up alongside and someone opened fire on the officers.

The training officer was fatally wounded and died at the scene. His name has not been released.

The other officer called for help and was rushed to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle where she was expected to recover.

A man who lived nearby said he heard eight to ten shots fired, then another volley of about six shots. It was not immediately clear if either officer returned fire.

Officers from multiple law enforcement agencies converged on area, scouring the neighborhood for the shooter, but no arrests have been made.

Pugel called the act a "deliberate homicide" and vowed to hunt down whoever is responsible.

Investigators have been at the scene all night collecting evidence, and fellow officers lined Yesler Way as the fallen officer's body was driven to the King County Medical Examiner's office just before 3 a.m.

Police are looking for a car that drove away from the shooting scene, but no detailed description of the vehicle or suspected shooter was available.

The killing is the first line-of-duty death for the department since Officer Joselito Barber was fatally injured in a 2006 crash by a woman who was high on cocaine.

Officer Timothy Brenton
Seattle Police Department
Washington
End of Watch: Saturday, October 31, 2009

Biographical Info
Age: 39
Tour of Duty: 9 years
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Saturday, October 31, 2009
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: At large

Officer Timothy Brenton was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting.

Officer Brenton was sitting in the passenger seat of a patrol car with a trainee discussing a just completed traffic stop near the corner of 29th Avenue and East Yesler Way when a vehicle pulled alongside the patrol car and the occupants opened fire. Officer Brenton was killed instantly. His trainee officer was grazed in the back by a shot. She was able to get out of the patrol car, return fire several times at the shooter's fleeing vehicle, and call for additional units. The suspects remain at large.

Officer Brenton had served with the Seattle Police Department for nine years and previously with the La Conner Police Department. He is survived by his wife, son, and daughter. His father and uncle are retired Seattle police officers.

Agency Contact Information
Seattle Police Department
610 Fifth Avenue
PO Box 34986
Seattle, WA 98124

Phone: (206) 684-5520

RIP

May god welcome you home and grant peace to your family and friends in their time of grief..RIP