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Police said that upon entering Monfort's apartment, they found three rifles (a [[7mm Remington Magnum|7mm]] [[Winchester Model 70]] bolt-action rifle, an [[FN Model 1949]] semi-automatic rifle and a [[7.62x39mm]] [[SKS|Inter Ordnance of America M59/66]] semi-automatic rifle w/ fixed [[bayonet]]), a [[Mossberg 590]] [[Gauge (firearms)|12-gauge]] shotgun, a [[.45 ACP|.45-caliber]] [[Auto-Ordnance Company|Auto-Ordnance]] [[M1911|1911]] pistol,<ref>{{cite news | title = Court documents reveal more about note, evidence on Monfort | url = https://blog.seattlepi.com/seattle911/2009/11/24/court-documents-reveal-more-about-note-evidence-on-monfort/amp/ | agency = Seattle PI | accessdate = November 24, 2009 | date=November 24, 2009}}</ref> homemade explosives, booby traps and a barricade of tires. Investigators also found to have matched ballistics between a rifle found in Monfort's apartment and the bullets used in the attack on Brenton and Sweeney. They also found evidence connecting Monfort with the firebombing of multiple police vehicles at a Seattle city maintenance facility on October 22, 2009, in which prosecutors claim he was planning to kill police officers. Police also claim to have a DNA match for Monfort found on the flags left at the firebombing scene and the murder scene.<ref name="King5-2"/>
 
In 2015, Monfort was convicted of murder, two counts of attempted murder, and one count of arson by a King County Jury.<ref>{{cite news | title = Seattle cop killer convicted in 2009 deadly anti-police spree | url = http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Jury-returns-verdict-in-murder-of-Seattle-police-6304432.php | agency = SeattlePI | accessdate = 2015-06-14 | author = Levi Pulkkinen }}</ref> He was sentenced to [[Life imprisonment|life in prison]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://spdblotter.seattle.gov/2015/07/23/mayor-ed-murray-chief-kathleen-otoole-respond-to-jury-sentence-in-murder-of-seattle-officer/ | title = Mayor Ed Murray, Chief Kathleen O’Toole Respond to Jury Sentence In Murder of Seattle Officer | agency = Seattle Police Department | publisher = SPD Blotter | author = Public Affairs | date = July 23, 2015}}</ref> He died in prison of aan drug[[amitriptyline]] overdose on January 18, 2017, at the age of 48.<ref>http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/christopher-monfort-killer-of-seattle-police-officer-dies-in-prison/</ref><ref>[http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/christopher-monfort-killer-of-seattle-police-officer-died-of-drug-overdose/ Seattle cop killer Christopher Monfort died of drug overdose]</ref>
 
== See also ==