The Latest: Report: Suspect faces domestic-violence charges
BURLINGTON, Wash. (AP) - The Latest on a fatal shooting at a mall in Washington state (all times local):
11:18 p.m.
The suspect in the Washington state mall shooting has a criminal record that includes domestic-violence assault charges.
The Seattle Times reports (http://bit.ly/2cWhxJY ) that Skagit County court records show three such charges for 20-year-old Arcan Cetin in both Burlington, Washington, and Island County, with the victim identified as Cetin's stepfather. The newspaper reports Cetin also was arrested for drunken driving.
Court records show Cetin was told by a judge on Dec. 29 that he was not to possess a firearm, the newspaper reported.
However, the stepfather urged the judge not to impose a no-contact order, saying his stepson was "going through a hard time."
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10:21 p.m.
Authorities say the suspect in the deadly Washington mall shooting had a previous arrest for simple assault and had immigrated from Turkey.
At a news conference Saturday night, Lt. Chris Cammock of the Mount Vernon Police Department said 20-year-old Arcan Cetin was a "legal, permanent resident of the United States."
Cetin was apprehended in Oak Harbor, Washington, about 6:30 p.m. Saturday.
Island County Sheriff's Lt. Mike Hawley said at the news conference that Cetin had been arrested for simple assault last year. No other details were provided.
Initially the suspect was described as Hispanic, but Hawley said that was based on initial witness statements to the Friday night shooting at a mall in Burlington, Washington. Five people were slain.
Cetin is expected to appear in court on Monday.
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10:02 p.m.
Authorities say the suspect in the deadly Washington state mall shooting said nothing when he was apprehended and was "zombie-like."
Island County Sheriff's Lt. Mike Hawley said he spotted 20-year-old Arcan Cetin Saturday evening in Oak Harbor, Washington, from a patrol car and immediately recognized him as the suspect.
Hawley said at a news conference that his office had received information that Cetin, who is from Oak Harbor, was in the area. Hawley said Cetin was unarmed: "He said nothing. He was kind of zombie-like."
A gunman opened fire at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington, Friday night, killing four females and a male before fleeing. Law enforcement staged a massive search over more than 20 hours for the suspect.
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8:57 p.m.
Authorities say the captured suspect in the deadly Washington state mall shooting is 20-year-old Arcan Cetin.
Washington State Patrol Sgt. Mark Francis said via Twitter that Cetin was a resident of Oak Harbor, Washington.
Authorities announced earlier that the suspect had been apprehended Saturday evening. A news conference was scheduled for later Saturday night.
A gunman opened fire at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington, Friday night, killing four females and a male before fleeing. Law enforcement staged a massive search over more than 20 hours for the suspect.
The motive was unknown for the shooting about 60 miles (97 kilometers) north of Seattle.
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8:12 p.m.
The Seattle Times reports that one of the victims in the deadly Washington state mall shooting is a 16-year-old girl.
Sarai Lara's mother said she had survived cancer as a young girl and was a happy student.
Evangelina Lara told ( http://bit.ly/2cWhxJY ) the newspaper through a translator that she was shopping Friday night at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington, with Sarai and her younger sister, but they split up.
She says Sarai went to Macy's looking for pants. News of the shooting spread through the mall, and Lara tried to get to her daughter but was unable to do so.
Evangelina Lara says it was confirmed at 2 a.m. Saturday that her daughter was among the five people killed.
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7:31 p.m.
Authorities say the suspect in a deadly shooting at a Washington state mall shooting is in custody.
The Skagit County Department of Emergency Management said via Twitter Saturday evening that the suspect had been captured. No other details were immediately available. A news conference was set for Saturday night.
A gunman opened fire at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington, Friday night, killing four females and a male before fleeing. Law enforcement staged a massive search over more than 20 hours for the suspect, initially described by witnesses as a young Hispanic male wearing black.
Authorities had said that a rifle had been found at the scene.
The motive was unknown for the shooting about 60 miles (97 kilometers) north of Seattle. The FBI was assisting local authorities, but it said there was no evidence to point to terrorism.
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6:10 p.m.
Dozens of people attended a prayer service for the victims of a deadly mall shooting in Washington state.
The Saturday evening gathering was held at Central United Methodist Church in Sedro-Woolley, Washington. The Rev. Cody Natland lit five candles on a table in front of the church, one for each victim.
Authorities say a gunman opened fire at Cascade Mall in nearby Burlington Friday night, killing four females and a male.
No identities have been released yet, and a search for the gunman continued.
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2:50 p.m.
Relatives and friends of victims in a deadly mall shooting in Washington state have gathered at a church.
Red Cross counselors and a golden retriever therapy dog were on hand Saturday at His Place Community Church in Burlington, Washington.
Authorities say a gunman opened fire at Cascade Mall Friday night, killing four females and a male.
No identities have been released yet, and a search for the gunman continued.
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2:10 p.m.
Noel Cuevas says he was eating dinner with his family at a Washington state mall when a gunman opened fire, killing five people.
He said Saturday that he saw people running and a woman told them to evacuate. He described a chaotic scene Friday night as people ran and businesses shut their doors.
Cuevas grabbed his 5-year-old daughter and ran with his wife outside and across the street.
He said everyone was terrified.
The 39-year-old Cuevas later returned to Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington, to retrieve his truck parked near a cordoned off area.
He said he went home Friday and made sure his doors were locked because the gunman remained on the loose.
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11:22 a.m.
A woman who was inside a Washington state mall when a gunman opened fire - fatally shooting five - says she's "thankful for my life this morning."
Nineteen-year-old Joanne Burkholder was watching the movie "The Magnificent Seven" in a theater at the Cascade Mall on Friday night when police and security came in and told them they needed to evacuate.
She said she heard screaming as they were escorted out into the parking lot in Burlington.
She said: "I've never been so terrified in my life."
Authorities say a gunman who killed four females and a male in the Macy's store at the mall was still on the loose Saturday.
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10:30 a.m.
Worried residents fear for their safety as authorities search for a gunman who killed five people at a mall in Washington state.
Maria Elena Vasquez of Burlington attended a community gathering Saturday following the Friday evening slayings at the city's Cascade Mall. She said "it's nerve-wracking" and she's nervous about taking her 7-year-old daughter to her soccer game.
Police said early Saturday they didn't know the gunman's identity and urged the community for help in identifying him.
Burlington is a city of about 8,000 people about 60 miles north of Seattle.
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9:21 a.m.
Authorities say a gunman who fatally shot five people at a Washington state mall initially entered the shopping center without a weapon, but 10 minutes later, went inside Macy's with a rifle and opened fire.
Mount Vernon Police Lt. Chris Cammock said Saturday that authorities recovered the weapon from the scene. He described it as a "hunting type" rifle.
Cammock says officers are reconstructing the entire scene at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, scanning for evidence.
More than 200 officers from more than two dozen agencies responded to the mall following the shooting Friday evening. Four females and a male were fatally shot.
The gunman remained at large.
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8:36 a.m.
A gunman who fatally shot five people at a Washington state mall remained at large as authorities said the motive for the slaying was unknown but there was no indication the shootings were a terrorist act.
Four females and one male were slain at Cascade Mall on Friday evening in Burlington, Washington.
At a news conference Saturday morning, Mount Vernon Police Lt. Chris Cammock said the female victims' ages ranged from teens to seniors. There was no information on the age of the male victim. No identifications have been released. Authorities did not know the name of the suspect - described as a young Hispanic male - and appealed to the community for help.
Michael Knutson, assistant special agent in charge of the Seattle FBI, said at the news conference there was no evidence to point to terrorism.
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4:07 a.m.
Authorities say a fifth person has died following a shooting at a shopping mall north of Seattle.
A spokesman for the Skagit County Emergency Operations Center says the unidentified male victim died early Saturday at a Seattle hospital. Four female victims died earlier following the Friday night shooting at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington.
Authorities continue to search for the shooter.
A Washington State Patrol spokesman says police were seeking a Hispanic man wearing black and armed with a "hunting-type" rifle last seen walking toward Interstate 5.
Authorities say the motive was unknown for the shooting about 60 miles (97 kilometers) north of Seattle.