Gunman Arrested After Mall Siege; 6 Injured
A gunman opened fire inside the Tacoma Mall, wounding at least six people and taking three others hostage in a music store before he surrendered to a SWAT team, authorities said.
Witnesses described a clean-cut man walking backward through the mall, firing a rifle. At least six people were injured, one critically, as shoppers and store clerks scrambled for cover.
Tacoma Police Department spokesman Mark Fulghum said the suspect was 20 and lived in Tacoma, but he had no other details or a possible motive.
The gunman came out of the music store without a gun and surrendered to the SWAT team, Fulghum said.
He said police were interviewing the victims and the three hostages -- two men and a woman -- to determine what happened during the nearly four hours the suspect was in the mall.
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