Cascade Mall shooting | |
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Location | Cascade Mall, Burlington, Washington, U.S. |
Coordinates | 48°27′44″N 122°20′16″W / 48.462213°N 122.337782°W |
Date | September 23, 2016 6:52 p.m. (PDT) |
Attack type | Mass shooting, mass murder |
Weapons | Ruger 10/22 rifle[1] |
Deaths | 5 |
Injured | 0 |
Perpetrator | Arcan Cetin[2] |
On September 23, 2016, a mass shooting occurred at Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington, U.S. Five people were killed in the incident. The gunman was identified as Arcan Cetin, a 20-year-old who emigrated from Turkey as a child with his family.[3] He was arrested the following day in Oak Harbor, Washington, his hometown.[4] On September 26, he confessed to committing the shooting.[5] On April 16, 2017, Cetin killed himself via hanging in his jail cell.[6][7]
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