2016 Cascade Mall shooting

2016 Cascade Mall shooting
Closed-circuit television stills of the perpetrator (Arcan Cetin)
2016 Cascade Mall shooting (Washington (state))
2016 Cascade Mall shooting (the United States)
Location48°27′44″N 122°20′16″W / 48.462213°N 122.337782°W / 48.462213; -122.337782
Cascade Mall, Burlington, Washington, U.S.
DateSeptember 23, 2016 (2016-09-23)
6:52 p.m. (PDT)
Attack type
Mass shooting, mass murder
WeaponsRuger 10/22 rifle
Deaths5
PerpetratorArcan Cetin

On September 23, 2016, a mass shooting occurred at Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington, United States. 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. He was arrested the following day in Oak Harbor, Washington, his hometown. On September 26, he confessed to committing the shooting. On April 16, 2017, Cetin killed himself via hanging in his jail cell.