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Related: About this forumMall shooting suspect: ‘Creepy,’ multiple arrests, disputes
OAK HARBOR The 20-year-old man suspected of killing five people with a rifle at a Macys makeup counter had a string of run-ins with the law in recent years, including charges he assaulted his stepfather, and was described by a neighbor as so creepy, rude and obnoxious that she kept a Taser by her front door.
As investigators tried to piece together information on Arcan Cetin, who was arrested Saturday evening after a nearly 24-hour manhunt, a picture emerged of a troubled young man. Court records show more than a half-dozen criminal cases in Island County alone since 2013.
Authorities said the gunman in the attack at the Cascade Mall in Burlington opened fire in the department stores cosmetics department Friday night, killing a man and four females ranging from a teenager to a senior citizen. The killer then fled.
Cetin said nothing and appeared zombie-like when he was taken into custody on a sidewalk outside his apartment complex some 30 miles away in Oak Harbor by a sheriffs officer who recognized him as the suspect in the rampage, authorities said.
Cetin immigrated to the U.S. from Turkey and is a legal permanent resident, officials said.
As the surrounding area absorbed news of the arrest, critical questions remained, including the gunmans motive. The FBI said early Saturday that there was no indication the shooting was terrorism, but local authorities said later in the day that they were ruling nothing out.
http://www.heraldnet.com/news/mall-shooting-suspect-creepy-multiple-arrests-disputes/
Canoe52
(2,949 posts)Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)The article doesn't say, but the URL mentions a "teen probation officer".
http://www.seattlepi.com/news/crime/article/Mall-victims-include-teen-probation-officer-9284201.php
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)Victims include teen, comma, probation officer. That makes more sense. I'm sure they would have mentioned juvenile instead of teen for the probation officer anyway. Sorry about that.