Police: The Washington State murderer who killed three, shoots himself

• The gunman called his mother before shooting himself dead.
• Police received a 911 emergency call hours later from a woman.
• Murdered made several incriminating statements.

LOS ANGELES — A gunman who killed three people in what US police described as a random attack called his mother before shooting himself dead in the state of Washington on Tuesday.

The upsetting incident came on the heels of two mass shootings in California that left 18 people dead, as the United States grapples with the horror of spiraling gun violence once more.

Yakima police say a man identified as 21-year-old Yakima resident Jarid Haddock shot people in and around a convenience store overnight before fleeing.

Officers conducted a massive manhunt throughout the 100,000-person city, which is located 100 miles (160 kilometers) southeast of Seattle, warning that the wanted man was armed and dangerous.

“It appears to be a random situation,” Yakima Police Chief Matthew Murray said.

“There was no apparent conflict between the parties. They just walked in and started shooting.”

Police received a 911 emergency call hours later from a woman who claimed the wanted man had borrowed her phone.

“He then called his mother and made several incriminating statements, including, ‘I killed those people,'” Murray said.

“He made several statements in front of her that he was going to commit suicide.”

First responders rushed to the scene near a supermarket, just in time to hear gunshots as he committed suicide.

“They provided medical care and attempted to save his life, but he was later pronounced dead.”

The shooting in Yakima was the latest spasm of gun violence to shake the United States.

On Monday, seven people died at two agricultural sites south of San Francisco when a Chinese-American farmworker is believed to have opened fire on his colleagues.

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