Listen: Police release 911 calls from Seattle massacre manhunt
May 31, 2012, 2:35 PM | Updated: Jun 1, 2012, 5:37 am
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Witnesses called 911 during the tragic shootings that occurred, Wednesday, May 30, when Ian Stawicki opened fire at Cafe Racer, and then shot a woman in Seattle’s First Hill neighborhood.
From Cafe Racer, two men called 911 to report the shooting. They were in the back of the restaurant and didn’t see Stawicki, but were urgent about getting medical help for the victims.
Listen to Seattle massacre 911 call: Cafe Racer
A woman who witnessed the confrontation between Stawicki and his next victim at 8th and Seneca, Gloria Leonidas, called 911 and was on the line as he shot her, took her car, and ran over Leonidas.
Listen to Seattle massacre 911 call: First Hill car-jacking
Finally, an officer in plain-clothes spots the suspect, Stawicki, in West Seattle. He calls back to the station for backup. There are some silences in this audio.
Listen to Police to dispatch: Officer spots Seattle massacre suspect in West Seattle
As police closed in on Stawicki, shortly after the above call, he took gun to his head and pulled the trigger. He died at Harborview Medical Center later that evening. Five of his victims died of their gunshot wounds before him, one victim remains in critical condition.
