Five Dead In US Following A Mall Shooting, Gunman At Large

According to AFP, The Police are on the lookout for an armed man who  killed five people during a shooting at a mall on Saturday in Washington, amid a raging national debate over gun control.

The police made public that those who lost there lives were four women and one man.

 Authorities have also confirmed that there were only one shooter in the Friday night’s attack at Cascade Mall in Burlington, located about 70 miles (110 kilometers) north of Seattle, describing him as a Hispanic male wearing a gray shirt.

Police released a closely cropped still from video surveillance of the young-looking suspect showing only his head and torso, though the full picture, published by local media, showed him holding what appeared to be a rifle.

The suspect was last seen walking toward a local highway from the mall before police arrived, a twitter user tweeted.

The mall was evacuated, police swarmed the area and medics rushed to the scene after the mall was initially placed on lockdown.

Witnesses told KOMO News that a shooter walked into Macy’s department store and opened fire. Nearby businesses were evacuated, the television station added.

“I hear one shot and then stand kinda still and like two, three other people start running out saying ‘gun’ and then shot after shot after shot,” said Armando Patino, who was working at a cell phone store.

“I turn around and run to the store. Some people didn’t know where to go. I just moved them into the store,” he added.

“We went in the back where we have a door and everything and we just stayed there until they told us to evacuate.”