“He said he had watched beheadings by the Islamic State group online but considered such terrorist actions wrong. Asked if ISIS had inspired the mall killings, Cetin responded, ‘I can’t answer that,’ police wrote.”
Odd answer. Islamic State jihadis usually are proud to broadcast their allegiance: recall the Pulse Nightclub jihad mass murderer Omar Mateen telling a 911 operator, “My name is I pledge allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi of the Islamic State.” But if Cetin wasn’t inspired by the Islamic State, why not just deny it outright?
In any case, we will never know now, and one thing is certain: even if Cetin had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State as forthrightly and explicitly as Omar Mateen did, authorities would still be searching for a motive.
“Cascade Mall shooter dies in apparent jail suicide,” by Gene Johnson, Associated Press, April 17, 2017 (thanks to F.):
Arcan Cetin, the man charged with killing five people at a shopping mall in Burlington last September, was found dead in his jail cell in an apparent suicide, authorities said Monday.
Cetin, 20, was discovered hanging Sunday evening, said Rosemary Kaholokula, chief criminal deputy prosecutor for Skagit County.
He was being held in neighboring Snohomish County, where he was awaiting the results of a mental competency evaluation.
The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office, which runs the jail, said in a news release Monday that a 20-year-old inmate had been found unresponsive, and that efforts to revive the prisoner failed. The death is under investigation, the statement said.
Sunday’s death was the first at the jail since 2014, according to the sheriff’s office, though there were 13 jail deaths from 2010 through September 2014. While some of those were suicides, most involved inmates with serious health problems, often linked to longtime abuse of drugs and alcohol, the Herald in Everett reported.
Investigators say Cetin shot a teenage girl, a man and three women in a Macy’s department store at Cascade Mall in Burlington, on Sept. 23, 2016. The shootings were captured on surveillance video.
Authorities captured him about 30 hours later near his apartment and said he confessed to the killings during police interviews, but did not explain why he did it.
The victims were Sarai Lara, 16, and Shayla Martin, 52, both of Mount Vernon; Chuck Eagan, 61, of Lake Stevens; Belinda Galde, 64, of Arlington; and Galde’s mother, Beatrice Dotson, 95, of Kingsport, Tennessee….
Cetin had a history of violent behavior toward his family and ex-girlfriend. His stepfather, David Marshall, said the family had been trying to get Cetin help for mental health issues.According to police reports, Cetin had told his ex-girlfriend that his father was connected to “bad people in Turkey.” Asked during interviews whether his Turkish relatives had ties to terrorist groups, Cetin said no. He also said he didn’t have any contact with those relatives.
He said he had watched beheadings by the Islamic State group online but considered such terrorist actions wrong.
Asked if ISIS had inspired the mall killings, Cetin responded, “I can’t answer that,” police wrote.
Marty says
Pity this sociopath didn’t have the decency to kill himself before he murdered anyone.
gravenimage says
Spot on, Marty.
eagle says
He is too coward to do that! Just another mentally ill Muslim doing his part for Allah. Islam was banned from the USA in 1952. The Immigration and Nationality Act passed June 27, 1952 revised the laws relating to immigration, naturalization, and nationality for the United States. That act, which became Public Law 414, established both the law and the intent of Congress regarding the immigration of Aliens to the US and remains in effect today. Among the many issues it covers, and in particular, found in Chapter 2 Section 212, is the prohibition of entry to the US if the Alien belongs to an organization seeking to overthrow the government of the United States by “force, violence, or other unconstitutional means.” This, by its very definition, rules out Islamic Immigration to the United States, but this law is being ignored by the White House. Islamic immigration to the US would be prohibited under this law because the Koran, Sharia Law and the Hadith all require complete submission to Islam, which is antithetical to the US government, the Constitution, and the Republic. All Muslims who attest that the Koran is their life’s guiding principal subscribe to submission to Islam and its form of government. The American people need to know there is a censorship of the migration of the Muslim body to the United States. The Wahhabi Invasion of America is alive and well and will be the end of the American core beliefs, the basic Judaea-Christian beliefs.
Jeffrey A Friedberg says
Well that’s one less ugly creep to house and feed….
john spielman says
Does he still qualify for islam’s big drunken WHORE HOUSE in the sky?
Jack Diamond says
Probably. Nothing is greater than killing in the cause of Allah, it even cleanses the sin of suicide. Keep in mind, Muhammad himself was suicidal and attempted suicide several times after being visited by “angel Gabriel” and he was only saved from killing himself by the intervention of this Gabriel. “After the revelation came to him (Muhammad) at Hira, he waited for some days in which he did not see Gabriel. He then grieved tremendously and so great was his grief that he frequented Thubayr and Hira (two mountains overlooking Mecca) with the intention of throwing himself down from their peaks.” (Ibn Sa’d)
“the Divine Inspiration was also paused for a while and the Prophet became so sad as we have heard that he intended several times to throw himself from the tops of high mountains and every time he went up the top of a mountain in order to throw himself down, Gabriel would appear before him and say, “O Muhammad! You are indeed Allah’s Apostle in truth” whereupon his heart would become quiet and he would calm down and would return home.” (Bukhari Vol 9, number 111).
What prophet of the Bible was ever suicidal after being visited by God? None. Judas, however became quite suicidal…. after being possessed by demons. Hint hint.
Cetin was enough of a Muslim to post his admiration for al-Baghdadi and Khamenei and call for Muslims to repeat “SubhanAllah”, and then to go slaughter infidels. On a Friday. However, like his prophet, he had history of mental illness and violence that enabled his actions to be written off as a pathology separate from his belief system: “post-traumatic stress disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, anxiety disorder and depression.” Must be something in the water.
Islam Q&A excuses suicide from mental illness btw “A Muslim may be affected by mental or physical illness that affects his mind to such a great extent that he does not know what he is saying or doing. If this results in him killing himself, he will not be with the sinners who have fallen into the major sin of suicide. Rather he will be excused because there was an impediment to his being accountable, namely his loss of reason. “
gravenimage says
In Islam, poor despondent people who commit suicide and harm only themselves are condemned to hell, but murderers who die while slaughtering innocent people go straight to paradise.
God, I hate Islam.
Benedict says
“Arcan Cetin, the man charged with killing five people at a shopping mall in Burlington last September, was found dead in his jail cell in an apparent suicide, authorities said Monday.” –
That’s the inevitable consequence not foreseen by the perpetrator: if you murder your neighbor, you always kill two for one.
JawsV says
Great news! Good riddance!
LilyDarcey says
Well, that is another inbred subhuman looser out of the gene pool.
Sam says
Poor Jihadi, he will not see the 72 virgins as he committed suicide. That does not count for martyrdom.
What a sick ideology this cult of Islam is! Sicker than Islam is the refusal to understand it by liberal idiots.
Daniel F X Dravot says
Is Washington an assisted suicide state?
Guest says
So a murderer killed himself… Why should I care, again?
gravenimage says
Washington state: Muslim who murdered five in mall is dead in apparent jail suicide
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Was he sad because he hadn’t murdered more Infidels?
Havoc says
Good!
More Ham Ed says
“Cetin” (cretin) is now in a Lake Of Fire & the civilian women he shot with a high powered rifle at that retail location are walking on Streets Of Gold. Probably the guy too if he was trusting The Lord.
johnnybigtime says
All murderers, idolaters, unbelievers etc, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone:- which is the second death (Revelation 21:8)
1st death–physical
2nd death–spiritual
underbed cat says
Cretin ‘s father connected to some bad people in Turkey…..can the father be questioned?
John A. Marre says
Whenever a terrorist is arrested and thrown in jail, the guards should leave a few ropes in the cell.
Jeanette says
Can we hope that non-Muslim prisoners took him out, as they do with the murderers of children?