Cafe Racer reopened this weekend, seven weeks after Ian Stawicki opened fire in the University District hangout, killing four people. On Friday, just a day after another man opened fire in an Aurora, Colo., movie theater, crowds in Seattle turned out to the cafe to show their support.Published on July 22, 2012
![Cafe owner Kurt Geissel put in a very long day Friday, arriving early in the morning and staying until well after midnight. Someone gave him the pin over the course of the day.](https://www.seattleweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1197469.jpg)
Cafe owner Kurt Geissel put in a very long day Friday, arriving early in the morning and staying until well after midnight. Someone gave him the pin over the course of the day.
![Upstairs, Joseph Williams strums guitar, while Anton Sobolik sings along, with Michelle Genova and Zach Johnson.](https://www.seattleweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1197462.jpg)
Upstairs, Joseph Williams strums guitar, while Anton Sobolik sings along, with Michelle Genova and Zach Johnson.
![Seattle Police Department Officer John Hayes Jr. (right) and detective James Manning (left) meet with Pastor Greg Bell from the organization Standing in the Gap. Standing in the Gap held a prayer vigil at the cafe after the shootings.](https://www.seattleweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1197454.jpg)
Seattle Police Department Officer John Hayes Jr. (right) and detective James Manning (left) meet with Pastor Greg Bell from the organization Standing in the Gap. Standing in the Gap held a prayer vigil at the cafe after the shootings.
![Cafe Racer reopened this weekend, seven weeks after Ian Stawicki opened fire](https://www.seattleweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1197453.jpg)
Seattle Police Department Officer John Hayes Jr. (right) and detective James Manning (left) meet with Pastor Greg Bell from the organization Standing in the Gap. Standing in the Gap held a prayer vigil at the cafe after the shootings.
![A garden has been created in front of the restaurant in memory of Drew Kenakedes, Joe Albanese, Kimberly Layfield and Don Largen, who died from gunshots at the cafe in May.](https://www.seattleweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1197452.jpg)
A garden has been created in front of the restaurant in memory of Drew Kenakedes, Joe Albanese, Kimberly Layfield and Don Largen, who died from gunshots at the cafe in May.