Five People Dead, Gunman on the Loose in Seattle Area Mall Shooting
Gunman Armed With a Rifle Still at Large
An unidentified man shot and killed five people in a Seattle, Washington area mall Friday night. He is still on the loose. The victims are four women and one man. Their names and ages have not yet been released. Local news station KOMO posted the video above earlier when the victim count was three.
Police say they are not expecting the gunman to strike again but have released little information.
#CascadeMallShooting scene photos on #komonews: https://t.co/io4v9oEOd9 pic.twitter.com/5mUisaA3JC
— Vienna (@Vienna_Cat) September 24, 2016
The five victims were shot in the cosmetics department at Macy’s in the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington, sometime before 7 PM PDT. The fifth victim, a man, had been transported to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where he died several hours later, ABC News reports.
Police released this image of the suspected shooter:
Here is the shooter. We believe just one shooter. Notify authorities if you see him. Armed with rifle. pic.twitter.com/GXeWCPYnx5
— Sgt. Mark Francis (@wspd7pio) September 24, 2016
A witness describes the shooting:
Interview with Cascade Mall shooting witness on #komonews: pic.twitter.com/t7HuD3w9Na
— KOMO News (@komonews) September 24, 2016
The FBI and ATF are now involved.Â
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