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Authorities: Fifth Person Dies In Shooting At Cascade Mall

BURLINGTON, Wash. (CBSNewYork/AP) -- Authorities say a fifth person has died following a shooting at a shopping mall north of Seattle.

A spokesman for the Skagit County Emergency Operations Center says the unidentified male victim died early Saturday at a Seattle hospital. Four female victims died earlier following the Friday night shooting at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington.

As CBS2 reported, family and friends were frantically waiting for news of loved ones.

"I just want her here. She has a daughter. She needs to be out here. I just want to hold her," one mother said as she waited to reunite with her daughter.

Authorities continue to search for the shooter.

A Washington State Patrol spokesman says police were seeking a Hispanic man wearing black and armed with a ``hunting-type'' rifle last seen walking toward Interstate 5.

Authorities say the motive was unknown for the shooting about 60 miles (97 kilometers) north of Seattle.

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