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Café Racer reopens after deadly shooting spree
On the day that a mass shooting in Colorado occurred, the Seattle café where five people were shot has reopened. Café Racer in Ravenna opened to the public Friday for the first time since a mentally ill customer shot five people in the restaurant May 30. Four of ...
Cafe Racer shooting survivor checks out of hospital
The only survivor from the Cafe Racer shooting checked himself out of the hospital Saturday. Leonard Meuse’s father told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reporter Alison Grande that Meuse was released from Harborview Medical Center. On Wednesday, Meuse was moved out of intensive care at the hospital and upgraded ...
Widower says Seattle shooting victim gave gunman 'a hell of a fight'
The family of Gloria Leonidas, one of the victims shot and killed in last week’s Seattle shooting rampage, said Friday they believed her fighting until the end helped save lives. Her widower spoke out Friday for the first time since her death. “I think I’ve stopped trying to figure out ...
Survivor of Seattle shooting out of intensive care
The only survivor of last week's Seattle cafe shooting that left four people dead has been moved out of intensive care at Harborview Medical Center. Harborview spokeswoman Susan Gregg said Leonard Meuse has been upgraded to satisfactory condition after being treated for gunshot wounds. The Cafe Racer employee ...
Community gathers to remember Seattle shooting victims
Many will gathered Saturday afternoon to remember the five people who were killed in Wednesday’s shooting spree at two Seattle locations. About 200 people attended the gathering outside of Café Racer in Ravenna for the victims and to speak out against violence. Wednesday’s shooting started at Café Racer ...
Operators reveal what happened during 911 calls of Roosevelt shooting
The 911 dispatchers who handled phone calls from Wednesday’s shooting at Café Racer told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News their story on what happened during the incident. Leah Smothers was one of the operators on duty at the Seattle Police Dispatch Center in the West Precinct in downtown when she ...
2 victims in Seattle shootings had invited suspect into their home
KIRO 7 learned Friday that two of the victims in the May 30 Seattle shootings had invited the gunman into their home two weeks ago. Linda Albanese Paterik and her sister, Corinne Delange, talked to KIRO 7’s Deborah Horne about their younger brother, 52-year-old Joe Albanese. He and his best ...
Seattle shooter had permit for 6 handguns
KIRO 7 uncovered evidence Thursday that revealed Ian Stawicki, the gunman in the May 30 Seattle shootings, was no stranger to violence, guns or the law. When Seattle police arrested him in 2008, officers filled out a form for the court objecting to his release. According to those documents, officers ...
Father of gunman says son had mental health problems
The father of the man who went on a shooting rampage on Wednesday spoke with KIRO 7 Eyewitness News and said his son was mentally ill. Ian Stawicki, 41, killed five people in a shooting spree at two Seattle locations, police said. As officers got close to Stawicki, he shot ...
Man who fought Seattle gunman tells SPD, 'I wasn't a hero'
A man named Lawrence was credited by Seattle police Thursday with perhaps preventing more bloodshed in Wendesday's deadly shootings at Cafe Racer on Roosevelt Way, but told the Seattle Police Department the hero of the day was a wounded employee who called 911. The department posted an interview with Lawrence, ...
Seattle police release 911 audio in May 30 shootings
The Seattle Police Department released audio Thursday of 911 calls and police radio chatter exchanged during Wednesday's fatal shootings on Roosevelt Way and in Seattle's First Hill neighborhood. 911 call from Cafe Racer (where the first shooting happened) 911 call from 8th and Seneca (where a woman was fatally shot) ...
Victims in terrifying rampage mourned by community
Friends and families of the victims who were killed in a shooting rampage on Wednesday are showing their grief with a memorial outside a Ravenna café. Only one man survived the violent spree that left five innocent people and the gunman dead. Leonard Meuses, a chef at the ...
Seattle Times: Suspected gunman's family 'could see this coming'
The family of the man accused in Wednesday's deadly shootings in Seattle told The Seattle Times they weren't surprised to see him implicated in the killing spree. Police identified the man as Ian Stawicki. "It's no surprise to me this happened," his brother, Andrew Stawicki, told the Times. "We could ...
Roosevelt shooting suspect may have argued with victims in the past
A possible motive in the deadly Roosevelt café shootings began to emerge Wednesday night as witnesses told KIRO 7 about previous encounters with the man suspected in the attacks. One person told KIRO 7’s Deborah Horne that the man had been in a verbal altercation with some of the victims ...
Roosevelt shooting suspect shoots himself
The suspect in the Roosevelt shootings has shot himself in West Seattle, police said. KIRO 7 Eyewitness News crews are at the scene in the 600 block of 37th Avenue Southwest. Watch live coverage on KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.
Woman in downtown Seattle shooting dies
A woman was shot and killed in a carjacking in downtown Seattle on Wednesday morning, less than an hour after four people were killed and one person was injured in a shooting near Cowen Park in North Seattle, the Seattle Police Department said. Police said Wednesday afternoon evidence had led them ...
Gunman, 5 others dead after 2 Seattle shootings
A man who killed five people in a bloody shooting spree at two Seattle locations ended an intense manhunt by turning the gun on himself as officers closed in on him Wednesday. The Seattle Police Department identified the man as Ian Stawicki. Harborview Medical Center said he died ...
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