BURLINGTON, Wash. — Five people -- including four women -- were killed Friday night in a shooting at Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington, troopers confirmed early Saturday.
The injured man was flown by helicopter to a Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where he later died, Washington State Patrol spokesman Mark Francis confirmed.
The shootings occurred in the makeup department at a Macy's in the mall at approximately 7 p.m. PT, Francis said.
Francis said they are looking for a Hispanic man wearing a black shirt, who was last seen walking west toward Interstate 5 from Cascade Mall.
Authorities are searching for a shooter who was armed with a "long gun," Francis said.
"It was a hunting-type rifle," Francis said.
According to troopers, the shooter left the scene before police arrived.
Tari Caswell told the Skagit Valley Herald that she was in the Macy's women's dressing room when she heard "what sounded like four balloons popping, and I thought that was strange because I hadn't seen any balloons."
"Then I heard seven or eight more, and I just stayed quiet in the dressing room because it just didn't feel right. And it got very quiet. And then I heard a lady yelling for help, and a man came and got me and another lady, and we ran out of the store."
Stephanie Bose, an assistant general manager at Johnny Carino's Italian restaurant near the Macy's, told The Associated Press that she immediately locked the doors to the restaurant after hearing about the shooting from an employee's boyfriend.
"He was trying to go to the mall and people were screaming," she said. "It was frantic."
She said he could see police at the doors with assault rifles and said they were no longer guarding the doors as of 9:30 p.m.
Brandi Montreuil told CNN she was at the movies when attendants told them to leave. "I didn't know anything," she said. "The theater attendant came in and apologized for stopping the movie and said they (theater staff) were asked to have everyone leave immediately."
Skagit County officials are urging people to avoid the Cascade Mall area and to follow all road closures. Burlington is located approximately 65 miles north of Seattle.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said in a statement that "tragedy has struck in Washington tonight."
Francis said that "90 percent" of the 434,000 square foot mall had been searched by 11 teams, and that police were still searching the perimeter of the shopping center with helicopters and canine teams.
The Washington State Patrol released a screen grab from a video camera.
The Cascade Mall is an enclosed shopping mall that opened in 1990, according to the mall's website. In addition to Macy's and the theater, it features J.C. Penney, TJ Maxx, and several restaurants.
On its Twitter account, mall officials said the facility would be closed on Saturday "out of respect" for the victims and their families.