Mall shooting suspect: ‘Creepy,’ multiple arrests, disputes

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

OAK HARBOR — The 20-year-old man suspected of killing five people with a rifle at a Macy’s makeup counter had a string of run-ins with the law in recent years, including charges he assaulted his stepfather, and was described by a neighbor as so “creepy, rude and obnoxious” that she kept a Taser by her front door.

As investigators tried to piece together information on Arcan Cetin, who was arrested Saturday evening after a nearly 24-hour manhunt, a picture emerged of a troubled young man. Court records show more than a half-dozen criminal cases in Island County alone since 2013.

Authorities said the gunman in the attack at the Cascade Mall in Burlington opened fire in the department store’s cosmetics department Friday night, killing a man and four females ranging from a teenager to a senior citizen. The killer then fled.

Cetin said nothing and appeared “zombie-like” when he was taken into custody on a sidewalk outside his apartment complex some 30 miles away in Oak Harbor by a sheriff’s officer who recognized him as the suspect in the rampage, authorities said.

Cetin immigrated to the U.S. from Turkey and is a legal permanent resident, officials said.

http://www.heraldnet.com/news/mall-shooting-suspect-creepy-multiple-arrests-disputes/

[shenmue]

1. ...

[Skittles]

2. finally

a neighbor who doesn't think the shooter was a "SWELL GUY"

[jberryhill]

3. Or "a quiet guy who kept to himself"

I have a neighbor who is a quiet guy who keeps to himself. I've been practicing for the news vans.

[Skittles]

4. did you ever see Michael Moore's show

he had an episode where he had someone move into a house on a nice block, then do weird shit like keep the blinds drawn, splatter red paint on the door, bury a big drum in the front yard....then later, they interviewed the neighbors and they all say it was some quiet guy who....kept to himself, or something like that

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

17. I haven't though of that for years

[pinboy3niner]

6. That's what they say about me

Of course, even with PTSD the chance that I'm going to flip out and harm someone is near zero.

Unless jberryhill gets on my nerves.

[Warpy]

10. His parents don't, either

They had a "no contact" order against him until he shaped up, no firearms in the house and he was later compliant with alcohol monitoring and weekly mental health sessions.

It will be interesting to see what they finally decide is wrong with this guy. It seems something has been wrong with him for a very long time.

[Warren DeMontague]

14. I saw an interview with one of his high school friends or something

And i'm like, jesus, screen these people to make sure they're not high as fuck before you put em on camera.

This guy was on for twenty minutes and literally said absolutely nothing.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

5. Authorities don't know the motive.

"The FBI said early Saturday that there was no indication the shooting was terrorism, but local authorities said later in the day that they were ruling nothing out."

I think I know.
He targeted a makeup counter in the department store. Perfect place to find women. He'd already harrassed the young woman living nextdoor.

I think it's targeting women. IOW, terrorism against women.

[TDale313]

8. Yep. First though at well. n/t

[Warpy]

11. You're right, of course

Police said he was zombie like when picked up, no reaction at all.

Women are left out of both hate crimes and terrorism. I suppose hating us to the point of slaughter is somehow normal.

[Warren DeMontague]

15. I read that his ex had worked at that macy's

So i suspect you're right.

[Nay]

21. This has nothing to do with the shooter, but what's with the description in the

newspaper of the dead? "killing a man and four females"

Huh? Since when do we ever say that? It would be "a male and four females" which is awkward police-speak, or it would be "a man and four women" which would be normal. This little tic of calling women "females" and men "men" strikes me as MRA bullshit (I've seen it a lot on blogs that have been trolled by MRAers), but how does it get into a newspaper? "a man and four females" sounds exactly like "a man and four dogs" to me, which is degrading.

Honestly, where is my secret island? I want to go there.

[Blue_Tires]

22. fwiw, I think one of the victims was like 15, so you can't really call her a 'woman'

[Nay]

23. In your example, then, "a man, three women, and a teenage girl" would be

a way to be consistent. Or "a male and four females," if you don't mind that both sexes are being treated to the words that are either police-speak or are usually used to describe the sex of animals.

[Submariner]

7. Stick a needle in his arm

He's going to get life without parole anyway, so why waste oxygen and groceries on this pile of shit.

[FrodosPet]

9. Because the death penalty is barbaric and irreversible

That is the only reason needed.

[Stinky The Clown]

12. I'd rather he spent the rest of his life at the job of melting guns.

[gratuitous]

13. Isn't it great?

Despite a rather checkered personal history, young Mr. Cetin was able to get his hands on firepower sufficient to end several lives? The NRA and its members must be sooooo proud of yet another murderous accomplishment.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

18. The gun he had was a hunting rifle

My dad had a couple. No one in my family ever shot anyone. Oh and I might add I grew up in the town this guy is from. No one from Oak Harbor ever pulled this kind of shit before.

I'm not a gun humper. I think open carry people are nuts and believe no civilian needs a military type weapon. However I think you're really over simplifying what went on.

[gratuitous]

20. Oh! In that case

Nothing could have possibly prevented this or headed it off, because NRA reasons. Thanks. The guns are safe again!

[Egnever]

16. If you look at the stepfathers facebook pages

you can see pics of this kid at his own graduation. He is the only one not smiling in any of the photos. Struck me as odd as soon as I saw them. Not surprising to see this history from him.

[elmac]

19. me thinks its another example of why

mental illness and guns don't mix.

[maxsolomon]

24. he was under court order not to possess firearms

he stole them from his stepdad - the one he assaulted 3 times.

KEEP YOUR FUCKING GUNS SECURED, militiamen.