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Former Albany resident dies after gunman opens fire in Seattle coffee shop

by FOX 31 News Team

Posted: 05.31.2012 at 5:07 PM

Updated: 06.01.2012 at 2:30 PM

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SEATTLE, WA -- According to the Seattle Times, former Albany resident Kimberly Layfield died in after a man opened fire in a Seattle coffee shop.

Layfield attended the now closed Riverview Academy in the early 1990's.

The Associated Press reports that a man walked into an arts cafe near a Seattle university and opened fire, fatally wounding four people. Police say he later killed a woman during a carjacking before fatally shooting himself.

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