UPDATE - TACOMA MALL SHOOTING...
Note: Per CNN News
There are 3 hostages
The suspicious package - no info/unconfirmed
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PER SEATTLE PI:
3:20pm
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/249058_shooting20ww.html
"Shots fired in Tacoma Mall"
By JAKE ELLISON AND ATHIMA CHANSANCHAI
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTERS
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "TACOMA - An unidentified gunman is holding several hostages at the Tacoma Mall, which was locked down Sunday afternoon after shots were fired inside near the food court and the JC Penney, forcing scores of frightened shoppers to scramble for safety.
A record store employee said hes being held hostage.
Were being held hostage, said Joe Hudson, who answered the phone and identified himself to The Associated Press as an employee at a Sam Goody store inside the Tacoma Mall.
Hudson said little else, but could be heard telling someone that he was talking to the AP. Then he hung up."
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ON THE NET...
http://www.seattlepi.com
http://www.seattletimes.com
http://www.kirotv.com
FOX NEWS.com:
SUSPECT IN CUSTODY IN THE TACOMA MALL SHOOTING
http://www.foxnews.com