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APNewsBreak: Report: Mall attack suspect had violent history

FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2016 file photo, Arcan Cetin is escorted into Skagit County District Court by Skagit County's Sheriff's Deputies, in Mt. Vernon, Wash. The young man accused of fatally shooting five people at the Cascade Mall had a history of violence against animals and his girlfriend, who told police he had links with "bad people" in Turkey, according to documents. (Brandy Shreve  /Skagit Valley Herald via AP, File)
FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2016 file photo, Arcan Cetin is escorted into Skagit County District Court by Skagit County's Sheriff's Deputies, in Mt. Vernon, Wash. The young man accused of fatally shooting five people at the Cascade Mall had a history of violence against animals and his girlfriend, who told police he had links with "bad people" in Turkey, according to documents. (Brandy Shreve /Skagit Valley Herald via AP, File) FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2016 file photo, Arcan Cetin is escorted into Skagit County District Court by Skagit County's Sheriff's Deputies, in Mt. Vernon, Wash. The young man accused of fatally shooting five people at the Cascade Mall had a history of violence against animals and his girlfriend, who told police he had links with "bad people" in Turkey, according to documents. (Brandy Shreve /Skagit Valley Herald via AP, File)

SEATTLE (AP) – New documents released in a deadly shooting at a Washington state mall reveal the man accused of killing five people had a history of violence against his family and girlfriend.

he police reports obtained by The Associated Press also say suspect Arcan Cetin was in a movie theater at the Cascade Mall an hour before the Sept. 23 shooting and had propped open an outside door with his phone.

The police reports obtained by The Associated Press also say suspect Arcan Cetin was in a movie theater at the Cascade Mall an hour before the Sept. 23 shooting and had propped open an outside door with his phone.

When he went outside, a movie-goer found the phone and turned it in before Cetin returned to the theater, asked about his phone and left.

Police say he then went to Macy’s and fatally shot five people.