Shooting in Washington State

Three people were shot dead and two were wounded during a shooting at a mall Friday in northwest Washington state where authorities were searching for the gunman, several media outlets reported.

Authorities initially said on social media that four people were killed in the shooting, that occurred at about 7 p.m. local time Friday at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington, about 65 miles (105 km) north of Seattle.

The shooting comes less than a week after a man stabbed nine people at a mall in central Minnesota before being shot dead. The FBI is investigating that attack as a potential act of terrorism.