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Seattle apartment shootings leave five dead | Seattle apartment shootings leave five dead |
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A man killed his girlfriend and three others before police shot him at an apartment complex south of the US city of Seattle, police say. | |
The 27-year-old gunman, who has not been identified, killed three men who either witnessed the initial killing or tried to intervene. | |
Responding police in the town of Federal Way shot the gunman when he refused to drop his shotgun. | |
He fled and police shot him again minutes later when he drew a handgun. | |
"We believe this is a domestic violence homicide," Federal Way Police Chief Brian Wilson said at a news conference on Monday. | |
He said after killing his girlfriend in the flat they shared, the gunman confronted a 24 and 26-year-old man and shot them both dead. | |
Among the dead was a 62-year-old man who left his apartment to investigate the commotion, then retreated back side. | |
He was shot and killed when the gunman broke down his door, Chief Wilson said. | |
The gunman had a valid concealed weapons permit and no criminal history, he said. | |
Federal Way is about 20 miles (30km) south of Seattle. |