By — Michael D. Regan Michael D. Regan By — Corinne Segal Corinne Segal Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/washington-mall-shooting Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Police arrest suspect in Washington mall shooting Nation Sep 24, 2016 10:46 AM EDT Washington police have taken a 20-year-old suspect into custody for a fatally shooting five people in a mall on Friday. The authorities arrested Arcan Cetin in Oak Harbor, Washington, on Saturday night, after Island County Sheriff’s Lt. Mike Hawley recognized the suspect while on patrol. “I literally hit my brakes, did a quick turn, I jumped out,” Hawley said during a news conference on Saturday. “We both jumped out with our guns, and he just froze.” The shootings took place in Burlington, Washington, about 65 miles north of Seattle, on Friday evening. Witnesses heard gunshots at the mall around 7 p.m. local time, Seattle station KIRO 7 reported. Police said four people died at the mall, and a fifth died at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle early Saturday morning. Police spokesman Sgt. Mark Francis released a photo of the suspect on Twitter early Saturday morning and said he was last seen walking toward Interstate 5. Here is the shooter. We believe just one shooter. Notify authorities if you see him. Armed with rifle. pic.twitter.com/GXeWCPYnx5 — Trooper H. Axtman (@wspd7pio) September 24, 2016 Tari Caswell told the Skagit Valley Herald she heard “what sounded like four balloons popping” while in a Macy’s dressing room. “Then I heard seven or eight more, and I just stayed quiet in the dressing room because it just didn’t feel right. And it got very quiet. And then I heard a lady yelling for help, and a man came and got me and another lady, and we ran out of the store.” The shooting came a week after a stabbing attack left 10 people injured at the Crossroads Center mall in St. Cloud, Minnesota. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now By — Michael D. Regan Michael D. Regan Michael D. Regan is a senior digital editor for PBS NewsHour. @mdregan By — Corinne Segal Corinne Segal Corinne is the Senior Multimedia Web Editor for NewsHour Weekend. She serves on the advisory board for VIDA: Women in Literary Arts. @cesegal
Washington police have taken a 20-year-old suspect into custody for a fatally shooting five people in a mall on Friday. The authorities arrested Arcan Cetin in Oak Harbor, Washington, on Saturday night, after Island County Sheriff’s Lt. Mike Hawley recognized the suspect while on patrol. “I literally hit my brakes, did a quick turn, I jumped out,” Hawley said during a news conference on Saturday. “We both jumped out with our guns, and he just froze.” The shootings took place in Burlington, Washington, about 65 miles north of Seattle, on Friday evening. Witnesses heard gunshots at the mall around 7 p.m. local time, Seattle station KIRO 7 reported. Police said four people died at the mall, and a fifth died at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle early Saturday morning. Police spokesman Sgt. Mark Francis released a photo of the suspect on Twitter early Saturday morning and said he was last seen walking toward Interstate 5. Here is the shooter. We believe just one shooter. Notify authorities if you see him. Armed with rifle. pic.twitter.com/GXeWCPYnx5 — Trooper H. Axtman (@wspd7pio) September 24, 2016 Tari Caswell told the Skagit Valley Herald she heard “what sounded like four balloons popping” while in a Macy’s dressing room. “Then I heard seven or eight more, and I just stayed quiet in the dressing room because it just didn’t feel right. And it got very quiet. And then I heard a lady yelling for help, and a man came and got me and another lady, and we ran out of the store.” The shooting came a week after a stabbing attack left 10 people injured at the Crossroads Center mall in St. Cloud, Minnesota. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now