LOS ANGELES - Authorities said they have arrested the suspect behind a shooting that left five people dead at a shopping mall in the US state of Washington, about 24 hours after the killings. Surveillance image courtesy of Washington State Police shows the suspect in the shooting death of five people at the Cascade Mall"Gunman captured tonight by authorities," Washington State Patrol spokesman Sergeant Mark Francis said on Twitter. A weapon was recovered at Cascade Mall in Burlington, a town of about 8,000 people some 70 miles (110 kilometers) north of Seattle. The mall was evacuated, police swarmed the area and medics rushed to the scene after the mall was initially placed on lockdown. "We are devastated by the tragic events that occurred last night at Cascade Mall," Macy's said in a statement on its Facebook page Saturday.

Source: Bangkok Post September 25, 2016 03:11 UTC