Burlington gun attack: Five dead after gunman opens fire in crowded shopping mall

Five people have been killed after a gunman opened fire in a crowded shopping mall north of Seattle.

Washington State police are still hunting for a Hispanic man wearing black and armed with a rifle who was last seen walking towards the Interstate 5 motorway after the incident at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington, about 60 miles north of Seattle.

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The gunman’s motive is not yet known.

Police said four females and one man died, while another male suffered life-threatening injuries and another female suffered non-life threatening injuries after shots were fired at Macy’s.

Authorities initially said four people were killed, but updated the number of fatalities after they were able to secure the scene. The mall had been evacuated at about 8.30pm local time (4.30am BST) and emergency medical personnel were allowed to enter.

One witness, Tari Caswell, told reporters she was in the women’s dressing room at Macy’s when she heard ‘what sounded like four balloons popping’.
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This video image provided by Skagit County Department of Emergency Management shows a suspect wanted by the authorities regarding a shooting at the Cascade Mall in Burlington 

This video image provided by Skagit County Department of Emergency Management shows a suspect wanted by the authorities regarding a shooting at the Cascade Mall in Burlington (Picture: AP)

BURLINGTON, WA — SEPTEMBER 23: People are evacuated to a nearby church after three women were reportedly shot dead and a man critically injured following a shooting at the Cascade Mall shopping center on September 23, 2016 in Burlington, Washington. The suspect is believed to still be at large. (Photo by Karen Ducey/Getty Images)

People are evacuated to a nearby church after the gunman opened fire 

She added: ‘Then I heard seven or eight more, and I just stayed quiet in the dressing room because it just didn’t feel right. And it got very quiet. And then I heard a lady yelling for help, and a man came and got me and another lady, and we ran out of the store.’