10 things you need to know today: May 31, 2012

Mourners add to a memorial of beer, candles, and flowers in front of Cafe Racer in Seattle, where a gunman, Ian L. Stawicki, shot five people earlier that morning, four of whom died. — (Image credit: David Ryder/Zuma Press/CORBIS)

1. SEATTLE SHOOTER KILLS FIVE, AND HIMSELF

In Seattle Wednesday, a man opened fire in a coffee shop in the city's University District, killing four. The same man is believed to have shot and killed another woman a few miles away less than an hour later in an apparent carjacking incident. After being pursued for five hours by police, the suspect shot himself in the head. Another shooting victim is in the hospital in critical condition, and is not expected to live. Wednesday's violence brings Seattle's year-to-date homicide total to 19. The city has a relatively small population of just 600,000 and had 20 homicides in total for all of 2011. [CNN]

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