As for the motive, law enforcement sources say Cetin’s ex-girlfriend use to work at the Macy’s where the shooting happened.
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Gov. Jay Inslee said tragedy had struck the state. The FBI’s Seattle office said on Twitter that it “has no information to suggest additional attacks planned” in Washington state but did not elaborate.
A gunman opened fire at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington, Friday night, killing four females and a male before fleeing.
The 20-year-old suspect in the deadly Washington state mall shooting said nothing and appeared “zombie-like” when he was arrested by authorities almost 24 hours into an intense manhunt, authorities said.
Police have confirmed that the suspected killer is 20-year-old Arcan Cetin. Patrol Sgt. Mark Francis Saturday via Twitter identified Cetin as the suspect in a shooting at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Wash., that left several dead and sparked an intensive, almost 24-hour manhunt.
Authorities announced earlier that the suspect had been apprehended on Saturday evening.
Washington State Patrol Sergeant Mark Francis briefs reporters after the Cascade Mall shooting.
Authorities did not say how the suspect may have obtained the weapon – whether he retrieved it from outside or picked it up in the mall – but they believe he acted alone.
The mall was evacuated, police swarmed the area and medics rushed to the scene after the mall was initially placed on lock-down. The identity of the suspect, his motive and how he got a rifle into the mall remained unanswered.
Law enforcement officers outside Cascade Mall where the shootings took place.
But there was nothing else to inform that very general description, Lieutenant Chris Cammock of the Mount Vernon Police Department said, and he could be of any ethnicity.
BURLINGTON, Wash. (AP) Authorities arrested a suspect Saturday evening in in the slayings of five people in the makeup department of a Macy’s store at a mall north of Seattle.
The rifle was later recovered at the mall, said Cammock, commander of the Skagit County Multi-Agency Response Team.
The gunman entered the shopping centre without a weapon, but 10 minutes later went inside Macy’s with a rifle and opened fire, authorities said yesterday.
A controversy began brewing Friday night when Mt. Vernon police described the suspect in the Cascade Mall shooting as a Hispanic male in his late teens to mid-20s with a close-shaved haircut.
Officials said Cetin is a legal permanent resident, but not a United States citizen. Island County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Cetin shortly before 7 p.m. Saturday as he was walking down the street. Hawley said Cetin was unarmed: “He said nothing”. He was due to appear in court on Monday. Burlington is the only major retail center within 30 miles (48 kilometers) in a region where agriculture is king.
Beatrice was 95 years old. The fifth victim, a man, died in the early hours of Saturday as police finished sweeping the building.
“Probably one of the most hard moments last night was knowing that we had family of the victims out there wondering about their loved ones”, said Cammock, who commands the SMART Team.
Her sister, Evangelina Lara, told The Seattle Times the teenager had been pronounced dead by police at 2am on Saturday. If you would like to discuss another topic, look for a relevant article.
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