The gunman accused of killing five people during a shooting rampage last year inside a Washington state shopping mall has been found dead in his jail cell, a local official said on Monday.
Arcan Cetin, who was being held on five counts of aggravated murder, was found hanging in his cell at the Snohomish County jail on Sunday night, according to Rosemary Kaholokula, a prosecutor with the Skagit County prosecutor’s office.
He had been evaluated by doctors at Western State psychiatric hospital and the results of the mental competency exam were expected at a hearing next week, she said.
Cetin, 20, a Turkish-born legal U.S. resident, confessed to police investigators that he had brought a .22-caliber rifle into a department store at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington, on Sept. 23, 2016, and shot five people.
Law enforcement officials said after the shooting that they had found no evidence linking Cetin to any known Islamist militant groups or individuals.
Cetin had been facing the death penalty, although Washington’s governor announced a moratorium on executions in the state in 2014.
(Reporting by Tom James; Editing by Patrick Enright and Bill Rigby)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-washington-crime-shooting-idUSKBN17J1KM
“Suspect in Washington state mall shootings found dead in cell”
Of course he was. If, after arranging for you to be a patsy in one of their arranged “terrorist” scenarios, they can’t kill you at the scene; they’ll make sure they get you “suicided” in a secure jail cell. All taken care of, right sarge?
You bet.
Hi Darzak,
You bet!
Normally,… the patsy is “found dead” at the scene,… but when the FBI Field Handler screws up and doesn’t get the mark put down,…. it has to be arranged later,…. you know,… such as putting him in a jail cell where the prisoner is not permitted to have anything like shoelaces or belts (to hang them selves with),… or any kind of support where they could hang themselves from,.. but somehow,… these FBI’s patsy manages to end up dead BEFORE the trial!
Dead men tell no tales….
JD – US Marines: This is all SOP (Standard-Operating-Procedure).
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Well…I grew up in WA.
Are you trying tell me there’s fkng Turkish terrorists in Skagit County. .WA?
Oh my god….
We’re screwered.
I guess I didn’t get the memo.
Well…fine…
I’m just going to look at the bright side.
It could actually have been worse.
He could have been found alive in his cell.
Just like this Cleveland guy Steven Stephens ( who names their kid that anyhow?)
no interviews with his friends..no co-workers interviews..no Mamma
he got out of Cleveland with all the Government tracking devices we all have these days ?
News shifted from Trump Dropping the bomb.. to Stevie Steve’s Easter Purge ?