A gunman opened fire Wednesday morning in a Seattle cafe near the University District, killing at least three people and wounding two others, police say. One of the wounded later died.

Soon after, a woman was shot dead during a carjacking in downtown Seattle.

At an afternoon news conference, Assistant Police Chief James Pugel announced that a suspect shot himself in the head about 4 p.m. in the city's southwest as he was being approached by officers investigating the carjacking. Police Chief Nick Metz said later that "we feel pretty confident that we have the suspect" in both crimes.

Police initially confirmed that the gunman had died, but later reported that he was still alive in the hospital.

Update at 11:57 p.m. ET: A hospital spokeswoman tells the AP the suspect and a fifth victim have died.

Update at 9:22 p.m. ET: KOMO-TV is also identifying the suspect, per police sources, as Ian Stawicki, but says he lives in Ellensburg, in central Washington, not Seattle.

Update at 9:08 p.m. ET: One of the two wounded at the cafe, chef Leonard Meuse, is out of surgery and is expected to survive, his father tells The Seattle Times. He was shot in the jaw and armpit.

Update at 8:57 p.m. ET: Citing law enforcement sources, The Seattle Times is identifying the suspect as Ian Lee Stawicki, 40, of Seattle.

His brother Andrew told the paper, "It's no surprise to me this happened. We could see this coming. Nothing good is going to come with that much anger inside of you."

Records show Ian Stawicki used to live a few blocks away from the Cafe Racer, the paper says. Police surrounded the house after the shooting, ordered the current tenants out and handcuffed them, residents said. They were released when police learned the suspect no longer lived there.

Update at 8:30 p.m. ET: The suspect "is alive with his own heartbeat" and is being moved to the trauma ICU, police spokeswoman Renee Witt tells USA TODAY's William M. Welch.

Doctors did not operate.

Update at 8:04 p.m. ET: More conflicting reports regarding the number of suspects. Police and the mayor now appear to be saying one gunman was involved in both incidents. Standby for further clarification/retraction.

Update at 7:54 p.m. ET: A police spokeswoman says the suspect in the cafe killings has died from a self-inflicted wound to the head, USA TODAY's William M. Welch reports.

Update at 7:29 p.m. ET: Police say they are still seeking the gunman who killed a woman and stole her Mercedes SUV in downtown Seattle a half-hour after the Cafe Racer shootings.

"Well, we just determined that the Seneca and 8th shooting suspect is still at large," police spokeswoman Renee Witt just told USA TODAY's William M. Welch. "We don't have anything further.''

She added, "This information is being filtered to us from the scene and subject to change.''

Update at 7:11 p.m. ET: Police still do not know if the alleged cafe gunman was also responsible for the carjacking.

Update at 7:07 p.m. ET: Police searching southwest Seattle for the carjacking gunman encountered a man who resembled the suspect in the cafe killings, Assistant Police Chief James Pugel says. Officers confronted him from a distance, and the suspect stepped from behind a car and into the street. He then "knelt down in the middle of the street, put the gun to his head and fired."

He said he doesn't know whether he's dead.

Update at 7:02 p.m. ET: The apparent suspect in the Cafe Racer shootings has been found in West Seattle with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot, Assistant Police Chief James Pugel just said at the news conference, relaying a report from the scene.

No report on his condition.

Update at 6:59 p.m. ET: KING-TV is reporting that the gunman in the deadly carjacking may have been shot in West Seattle. Not confirmed by police.

Update at 6:49 p.m. ET: Assistant Police Chief James Pugel says no suspect has been positively identified in either the cafe or the carjacking shootings.

He said two victims at the cafe were "clearly deceased" when officers arrived just after 11 a.m. PT.

Regarding the fatal carjacking, Pugel said that is "sketchier." Witnesses told police they heard "a scuffle, screaming, yelling and gunshots."

He said police are also responding to a reported third shooting. Details still sketchy.

Update at 6:42 p.m. ET: Mayor Mike McGinn has begun his news conference. Citing the day's two tragedies and recent shooting deaths, he said he would work with police to develop "to develop the strategies to end this wave of gun violence."

He said he would work with police to "focus on violent offenders with access to guns" and to change change laws "that make it too easy to obtain firearms."

Update at 6:39 p.m. ET: The cafe gunman was armed with two semiautomatic pistols, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer is reporting.

Update at 6:34 p.m. ET: Here's another photo of the suspect in the cafe shootings.

Update at 6:30 p.m. ET: Police have released a photo of the cafe gunman taken from security video.

Update at 6:21 p.m. ET: Police have expanded their cordon near the cafe. Various reports indicate SWAT units and an armored vehicle have been positioned on Roosevelt, about three blocks south.

Roosevelt High School is on lockdown, the district says. A middle school and an elementary school are "shelter in place."

In West Seattle, where police are seeking the gunman in the fatal carjacking, four schools operated on "shelter in place" rules.

Update at 6:10 p.m. ET: Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn will hold a news conference at 6:30 p.m. ET to discuss the two shootings.

Update at 5:57 p.m. ET: Police continue urge residents in the northeast Seattle neighborhood to remain inside as they search for the cafe gunman. The area has been cordoned off.

Nearby schools are dismissing students at their normal times, however, because police told district officials the area outside the restricted area is safe, a schools spokeswoman said, according to TheSeattle Times.

Update at 5:54 p.m. ET: KIRO has corrected its earlier report of four dead at the Cafe Racer.

Update at 5:43 p.m. ET: So far, Seattle police are only confirming three dead in the cafe shooting. Two others are reported in critical condition at Harborview Medical Center. The third fatality was a woman, KING-TV says.

Update at 5:22 p.m. ET: Two more victims of the Cafe Racer shooting have died, raising the death toll there to four, KIRO-TV is reporting.

Original post: Two shootings in Seattle have killed three people today, including two men who died when a gunman opened fire in a cafe near the University of Washington.

The late-morning shooting at the Cafe Racer, on Roosevelt Way Northeast, also wounded three people, one with life-threatening injuries, TheSeattle Times reports. One victim is a woman.

A law enforcement source told the paper domestic violence may have been involved.

None of the victims have been identified.

Deputy Seattle Police Chief Nick Metz told reporters the gunman walked into the cafe ("home to the Official Bad Art Museum of Art") about 11 a.m. PT (2 p.m. ET) and opened fire.

The suspect was described as a white man, 30-40 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.

About 30 minutes later in downtown Seattle, a woman was shot and killed by a man who stole her black Mercedes-Benz SUV at Eighth and Seneca streets, near Town Hall.

KING-TV says police have recovered the vehicle and a handgun in West Seattle. The woman, who has not been identified, was shot several times in the back.

A witness said a man got out of a car, punched the woman, then shot her, KOMO-TV reports.

The carjacking suspect was described as a white male, about 35 years old, blond hair with a crew cut.

The Times blogs that SWAT officers and police dogs are searching a house in the Genesse neighborhood of West Seattle.

At this point, police do not believe the shootings are connected.

The city has witnessed a series of recent shootings. Last week, a 43-year-old software developer was killed by a stray bullet while he and his family drove in the Central District.

In late April, a 21-year-old aspiring chef who had recently moved to Seattle from Albuquerque died from wounds she suffered in an apparently random drive-by shooting near downtown.