Fatima Suzanne Locke, 58, died suddenly on May 14, 2026, in Puyallup, Washington. Public obituary records give her date of birth as August 17, 1967. Gun-violence databases list her among people fatally shot in Puyallup that day, indicating her death involved gunfire.

Locke had an international life and a long career as a flight attendant. Born in Victoria, Seychelles, she left home at 13, spent time in England, finished school in Mililani, Hawaii, and earned a Bachelor of Arts in communication from the University of Hawaii. Hired by Northwest Airlines in February 1999, she later worked for Southwest Airlines and had roughly 27 years as a flight attendant with assignments including Detroit, New York, San Francisco, Oakland, Chicago and Las Vegas. She met Alan Kleinheinz in 2004; they became a couple in 2012 and maintained homes in the Seattle and Las Vegas areas.

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