Manhunt for gunman who shot dead three women at US shopping mall
- 8 years ago
A man armed with a rifle is on the loose after shooting three women dead at a shopping mall in the United States.
Police are hunting the suspected gunman, caught on surveillance camera, during the attack on Friday night at Burlington, just over 100 km north of Seattle.
AP PHOTO: Suspect in deadly Burlington, Wash. mall shooting, taken from security video. https://t.co/6iw19PxtUu— The Associated Press (@AP) 24 septembre 2016
All three women were killed inside a department store in the Cascade Mall. At least two other people were injured. One is in a critical condition.
Police believe a lone gunman, described as an Hispanic male, was involved. Local people in Burlington, in Washington State near the Canadian border, are being advised to stay indoors while he remains on the run.
Law enforcement asking residents to stay inside, call if you see something suspicious #cascademallshooting pic.twitter.com/2qtjsEj0xB— Skagit County DEM (@SkagitDEM) 24 septembre 2016
The attack comes less than a week after a man stabbed nine people at a mall in Minnesota before being shot dead in what is being investigated as a potential act of terrorism.
US media is reporting that Washington State Patrol have said there is no indication of terrorism in the Burlington shooting.
Update: Shooting at a mall in Washington State left 3 people dead and the police searching for the gunman https://t.co/4bOaQjR5Vg— The New York Times (@nytimes) 24 septembre 2016
“Tragedy has struck in Washington tonight. Our hearts are in Burlington,” Washington Governor Jay Inslee said on Twitter.
Police are hunting the suspected gunman, caught on surveillance camera, during the attack on Friday night at Burlington, just over 100 km north of Seattle.
AP PHOTO: Suspect in deadly Burlington, Wash. mall shooting, taken from security video. https://t.co/6iw19PxtUu— The Associated Press (@AP) 24 septembre 2016
All three women were killed inside a department store in the Cascade Mall. At least two other people were injured. One is in a critical condition.
Police believe a lone gunman, described as an Hispanic male, was involved. Local people in Burlington, in Washington State near the Canadian border, are being advised to stay indoors while he remains on the run.
Law enforcement asking residents to stay inside, call if you see something suspicious #cascademallshooting pic.twitter.com/2qtjsEj0xB— Skagit County DEM (@SkagitDEM) 24 septembre 2016
The attack comes less than a week after a man stabbed nine people at a mall in Minnesota before being shot dead in what is being investigated as a potential act of terrorism.
US media is reporting that Washington State Patrol have said there is no indication of terrorism in the Burlington shooting.
Update: Shooting at a mall in Washington State left 3 people dead and the police searching for the gunman https://t.co/4bOaQjR5Vg— The New York Times (@nytimes) 24 septembre 2016
“Tragedy has struck in Washington tonight. Our hearts are in Burlington,” Washington Governor Jay Inslee said on Twitter.