--- description: Arcan Cetin, the man accused of killing five people in a shooting at a Washington mall last year, was found dead of an apparent suicide title: Washington Mall Shooting Suspect Found Dead in Jail Cell image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Washington State Mall Shooting Suspect Found Dead in Jail Cell by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 17, 2017 8:26 PM CUT by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 17, 2017 8:26 PM CUT A man accused of killing five people in a shooting at a Washington mall last year was found dead of an apparent suicide. Arcan Cetin, 20, was awaiting the results of a recently administered mental health evaluation, before he was found dead in his cell in the Snohomish County Jail Sunday evening, the [_Associated Press_](http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/04/17/prosecutor-suspect-in-washington-mall-shooting-found-dead/ "undefined") reported. Cetin was charged with killing a teen, three women and one man in a September 2016 shooting at a Macy’s store at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Wash. The [New York _Times_ ](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/27/us/arcan-cetin-shooting-washington-state-mall.html?%5Fr=0 "undefined")reported in September that Cetin had a history of violent behavior and had been charged with domestic violence three times for attacking his stepfather. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4743308/washington-mall-shooting-suspect-found-dead-in-jail-cell/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4743308/washington-mall-shooting-suspect-found-dead-in-jail-cell/"},"headline":"Washington State Mall Shooting Suspect Found Dead in Jail Cell","datePublished":"2017-04-17T20:26:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T04:27:21.145Z","description":"Arcan Cetin, the man accused of killing five people in a shooting at a Washington mall last year, was found dead of an apparent suicide","url":"https://time.com/4743308/washington-mall-shooting-suspect-found-dead-in-jail-cell/","keywords":["Crime","shooting","Washington","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4743308/washington-mall-shooting-suspect-found-dead-in-jail-cell/","name":"Washington State Mall Shooting Suspect Found Dead in Jail Cell"}}]}] ```