Police hunting gunman behind Cascade Mall shooting massacre in Washington

Updated September 25 2016 - 9:13am, first published 6:17am
Paramedics outside the Cascade Mall after the fatal shooting. Photo: Washington State Police, Mark Francis
Paramedics outside the Cascade Mall after the fatal shooting. Photo: Washington State Police, Mark Francis
Law enforcement officers outside Cascade Mall where the shootings took place.  Photo: Dean Rutz
Law enforcement officers outside Cascade Mall where the shootings took place. Photo: Dean Rutz

A manhunt is under way for a gunman who the police say fatally shot five people at a mall north of Seattle on Friday night (Saturday AEST).