2 Dead In Capitol Hill Shootings

A man who shot a woman to death outside a Capitol Hill community center has died of wounds from police gunfire, police said Wednesday.

The man was armed with a sawed-off shotgun when he opened fire on the woman outside Miller Community Center on 19th Ave. E. around 11 a.m.

Gunfire Erupts On Capitol Hill

The gunman fled into the community center and officers chased him.

"He turned ... with the shotgun. One officer fired and has wounded the suspect," said Gil Kerlikowske, Seattle's police chief.

The shotgun was loaded and the man was carrying extra ammunition, Kerlikowske said.

The 43-year-old man was taken to Harborview Medical Center with a wound in the abdomen. He died Wednesday afternoon.

The man was staying at the community center, which was housing residents displaced by last week's fire at the Jensonia Apartments on First Hill, where the man had been living.

Police said the man was a convicted sex offender. They said he had a relationship with the woman he shot and the woman was trying to end their relationship.