Washington Mall Shooter Found Dead

By Bob Owens

The Turkish immigrant who murdered five people in a Macy’s store inside Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington last year has taken the coward’s way out.

A 20-year-old man accused of fatally shooting five people at a Macy’s store in a Washington state mall last year was found dead in a jail cell, authorities said.

Jail personnel found A__ C__* unresponsive Sunday evening and began multiple lifesaving measures, including CPR, but were unable to revive him, according to a news release from the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office.

He is believed to hanged himself, Skagit County prosecutors told the Seattle Times. The death remains under investigation.

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The inmate “did not let justice take its course,” Skagit County Prosecuting Attorney Rich Weyrich told the Skagit Valley Herald. “Some may have a great relief that it’s over; some may feel cheated.”

C__ was accused of shooting a teenage girl, a man and three women with a rifle on Sept. 23 at a Macy’s makeup counter in the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Wash., 65 miles north of Seattle. Detectives said surveillance video showed it only took C__ about a minute to shoot all five victims. After the shooting, documents said, he left his Ruger rifle with a 25-round magazine …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms