Gunmen Kills 5 During Seattle Shooting Rampage

[News_Editor]

Gunmen kills 5 during Seattle shooting rampage < br />

2012-06-01 08:14:44 GMT+7 (ICT)

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON (BNO NEWS) -- A gunmen opened fire at a cafe in Seattle on late Wednesday morning, killing four people and injuring another before killing a fifth person about half an hour later, police said. The gunmen later killed himself.

The incident began at approximately 10:52 a.m. local time when 40-year-old Ian Stawicki walked into restaurant and music venue Cafe Racer in Seattle's university district and tried ordering a coffee. But employees at the cafe reminded him that he had been banned from the business for his erratic behavior in the past.

"He calmly turned towards the door," Seattle police spokesman Jonah Spangenthal-Lee said. "Stawicki then drew a .45 pistol, and opened fire on staff and patrons inside the café, shooting several of them at close range, execution style." Four of the five people shot were killed, police said, but Stawicki was able to flee the scene before officers arrived on-scene about five minutes later.

About half an hour later, as more than 100 detectives and officers were investigating the cafe murder scene and were searching for a suspect, Stawicki approached a woman in the downtown area of Seattle and pistol-whipped her, knocking her to the ground before shooting her in the head, killing her. Police were at the scene within two minutes but Stawicki had already fled in the woman's Mercedes SUV.

Later that day, at approximately 4 p.m. local time, a plainclothes detective spotted Stawicki in the Highpoint neighborhood in the western area of the city. "The detective called for backup, and officers moved in to arrest Stawicki," Spangenthal-Lee said. "As officers approached Stawicki on the street, he knelt to the ground, pulled out another .45 handgun, and shot himself in the head. Medics rushed Stawicki to Harborview, where he later died from his wounds."

The exact motive for the shootings was not immediately clear.

-- © BNO News All rights reserved 2012-06-01

[Scott]

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[Steely Dan]

I'm reminded of the film Falling Down, where Michael Douglas plays a character refused the breakfast menu at 1 minute past midday. What is it with the news recently? It seems that the vilest human flotsam is coming to the surface in many places at once.

[osiboy]

the result of class A' drugs being so readily available .............very sad to see so many innocents meaninglessly murdered, RIP

[folium]

I'm reminded of the film Falling Down, where Michael Douglas plays a character refused the breakfast menu at 1 minute past midday. What is it with the news recently? It seems that the vilest human flotsam is coming to the surface in many places at once.

The apparent prevalence of these type of stories at the moment is probably a combination of a lack of proper news stories plus the sad fact that filth and gore sells or nowadays gets clicks etc which convert into advertising revenue. The dreaded Daily Mail is unfortunately a classic example of well managed stories and layout to ensure huge traffic from across the world.