Two dead, three injured in US coffee shop shooting

Two men have been killed and three other people wounded in a shooting in North Seattle.

Seattle police say the shooting happened at Cafe Racer Espresso. Two men are confirmed dead, and one person has life-threatening injuries, police said. Two others also have gunshot wounds. One victim is a woman.

A law enforcement source said it could be a domestic violence situation.

Police are also investigating a second shooting Wednesday near Town Hall Seattle. A woman died in that shooting. It was not immediately clear whether the incidents are related.

The suspect in the Cafe Racer shooting is described as a white man, 30 to 40 years old, 6-foot-1, with a medium build. He has light brown curly hair, a goatee or beard and was wearing a white and plaid shirt.

The man was last seen running north from the scene.

A man who gave his name as Justin said he used to work at Cafe Racer. He said a friend was wounded in the shooting.

"It's one of the few places I thought things like this couldn't happen," he said. "They play folk music. Everybody's nice."

Roosevelt High School, less than half a mile away from the shooting, was locked down while two other nearby schools, Eckstein Middle and Green Lake Elementary, were operating as usual but locked all of their doors as a precaution.

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