KIRO 7 is reporting that three people were killed and two others were seriously wounded in a shooting around 11 a.m. at the Cafe Racer in Seattle's University district.
The gunman killed himself as police approached in the afternoon, ABC reports.
In a separate incident a woman was shot and killed in an apparent carjacking in downtown Seattle about a half hour after the first shooting and five miles south of Cafe Racer, reports KING 5 News.
Seattle Police Assistant Chief Jim Pugel told ABC News that police have not reached any conclusions about any relationship between the two shootings.
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