Three dead in shooting at Washington state mall
LOS ANGELES: A manhunt was underway after a gunman killed at least three people and wounded two others late Friday during a shooting at a mall in the US state of Washington.
Police spokesman Sergeant Mark Francis said there was at least one suspect in the shooting at Cascade Mall in Burlington, describing him as a “Hispanic male wearing gray”.
Officials initially released a still from video surveillance of the younger-looking suspect holding what appears to be a rifle, before releasing a closely cropped image of the same still showing only the suspect's head and torso.
Francis told reporters that three women were killed and two men were wounded, with one suffering life-threatening injuries. He had earlier estimate the toll at four dead.
Police received calls around 6:58pm that shots were fired at the mall, located about 110 kilometres north of Seattle in the US Pacific Northwest state, Trooper Rick Johnson told CNN.