Mall shooting suspect ‘zombie-like’ when caught
Posted September 24, 2016 10:46 pm.
Last Updated September 25, 2016 2:49 pm.
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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.
The motive was unknown for the shooting about 97 kilometres north of Seattle. The FBI was assisting local authorities, but it said there was no evidence to point to terrorism.
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 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.
