Rebecca Jane Griego, 26, program coordinator at the UW Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies, was killed Monday morning in room 440 of Gould Hall in an apparent homicide-suicide.

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Griego had feared for her life for months after Jonathan Rowan, 41, a former boyfriend on whom she recently placed a restraining order, had made numerous threats of violence against her and her family.

Police received a call at 9:31 a.m. reporting six shots had been fired. When UWPD and the Seattle Fire Department arrived at the scene, they found the bodies of Griego and her killer dead in the southeast corner of the fourth floor.

Eric Berg, a student in the College of Architecture and Urban Design, was on the third floor of Gould at the time of the shooting. He said he did not hear gun shots, but because there were woodworking shops in the building, he and other students thought the sounds could have been mistaken for the sounds of work in a woodshop.

Many occupants of the building were unaware of the incident until they were told to evacuate by police officers.

"I was in the building very shortly afterward, so I didn't hear any of the shots," sophomore Tyler DeBarthe said. "I came in the building when there were three University police cars parked outside and nobody had left the building yet. In the main common areas, people were looking really uneasy, and then someone came in and said it's being evacuated. Luckily, I was a little late to class that morning."

The police have a hunch about what happened.

"We had a male and female down with the weapon and a six-shot revolver with all six shots fired in the room — both had suffered gunshot wounds — it looks like it's quite possibly a murder-suicide," UWPD Assistant Chief Ray Wittmier said.

Wittmier has said on several occasions that he believes this to be a murder-suicide incident and that there is the possibility this was the culmination of a stalking case.

The man appeared to match the description given in the restraining order of Rowan, Wittmier said.

However, an investigation is currently underway and the police are still awaiting a confirmation of the man's identity by a next-of-kin.

"The UWPD will be doing the investigation, not the Seattle Police Department," Wittmier said. "We don't have detectives that specialize in homicide, but we do have detectives on the case."

Griego received a temporary order of protection March 20, 2007 against Rowan, who, according to the order, also goes by the aliases Robert Richardson and Nathan Rowan.

Griego described Rowan as being White/Indian with brown hair, brown eyes, approximately 5-feet-6 and 160 pounds. She also said he is likely very dangerous, although she was unsure of his access to weapons.

According to the petition Griego filed to attain the restraining order, Griego said Rowan had made a "phone call to [my] place of work to always be in contact with me and my dog. He then called my sister and threatened her physical safety and that of her dogs."

Rowan also called in February 2007 and threatened suicide because he could not see her.

Griego also cited an incident of domestic violence in which she received medical treatment for an ankle injury caused by an intoxicated Rowan.

According to the petition, in January, "[the] Respondent called [my] place of work and told me to look over my shoulder. He then called my sister and said [the] same to her and her dogs. He is now on the run. He robbed his current [roommates] this morning and called to tell me [that] I cannot find him but he can find me (knows my place of work) and to look over my shoulder because I would see him again. ... He has proven to be mentally unstable."

Griego's coworkers all shared her concern, as they were all warned to keep an eye out for Rowan in case he should attempt to enter Gould Hall.

"When I was parking behind Gould Hall, I was told not to enter the building," Adriana Johnson, a co-worker of Griego's and graduate student in the College of Architecture and Urban Planning, said. "It was my first thought that it was her when I heard there was a shooter. The closer circle knew what was going on. There was someone that was stalking her, we have a picture of him and we have paperwork to serve him in case he ever showed up. We never expected something like this.'

Wittmier does not believe this incident poses a security threat for the rest of campus and seems sure it was an isolated occurrence.

"It was an incident involving a domestic situation, not involving anyone else here on campus," Wittmier said. "We're not concerned about another event like this."

Griego will be missed by her co-workers at UW, and will be remembered as an inspirational leader.

"She's a great program coordinator," Johnson said. "She was a very well-rounded person, she was a character, and excellent person; very caring and loving."

Reach reporters Camden Swita and Meghan Peters at news@thedaily.washington.edu.