The suspected Washington state mall shooter has been captured: state police

(Reuters) - A suspect in the fatal shooting of five people at a Washington state mall was taken into custody on Saturday, Washington State Patrol spokesman Keith Leary said in a telephone interview.

The Washington State Patrol in a message on Twitter also confirmed a person had been taken into custody.

Authorities first received reports of shots fired in Burlington's Cascade Mall around 7 p.m. PT on Friday night.

A gunman had opened fire in a Macy's store, killing four women and a man. The suspect remained at large for nearly a full day as authorities launched their search.

(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis in Los Angeles and Curtis Skinner in San Francisco; Editing by Michael Perry)

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