Five killed in US shooting spree

A gunman killed five people in a shooting spree in Seattle on Wednesday before turning the weapon on himself as officers closed in, police said.
The shootings shocked the northwestern US city that has now seen as many murders this year as it did in the whole of 2011.
The suspect, identified by the Seattle Times as 40-year-old Ian Stawicki, is believed to have entered Cafe Racer Espresso, near the University of Washington, at around 11:00am, where he shot five people with a pistol, two of whom died at the scene.