A few hours later, police arrested a suspect who had burned and barricaded themselves inside the Roseville Galleria mall, the flames jumped back from the roof of the mall.
A thick column of black smoke could be seen for miles. Firefighters only the fire from outside the building because the roof collapsed at GameStop. The shopping center is running the irrigation system and the flames were under control until about 2 hours
Firefighters remained at the mall for hours, when police arrested the suspect and tried to analyze the contents of your backpack. The officers approached the determination of the contents of the bag when the fire was too big in the area, allowing officials to stop farming. Now police say the fire, the suspect in several areas of the mall provides that - on the roof or in a crawl space at a distance.
The incident began shortly after 10:00 pm when the accused, the GameStop store, which is included on the second floor of Macy's and JCPenney.
Store employees say the accused, (the reports of the City of Roseville that his name is spelled "Girl"), a friend and colleague Alexander as Corney Piggee, 23, who said an unidentified time, some of his comments called inconsistent sister and had taken the staff of the shop and said he had a gun. None of the employees saw the gun. The man after a fire in the warehouse. Witnesses say they saw smoke coming out the front door of CBS13 GameStop. Then I saw SWAT officers with guns drawn fire to the store and the suspects out.
At 12:15 pm, officers that the suspect was out of the GameStop store in a room where he was captured trying to hide, they say. Three armed police handcuffed the man outside the mall on a bench on which I had almost an hour. The suspect was checked by paramedics before being away in a police car on patrol in Roseville.
The suspect was wearing a black hood shirt and a purple t-shirt that says "Pretty Boy", written in graffiti style writing on the front, tied a scarf around his neck and dark jeans.
firefighters had observed the three-alarm fire outside the building. The shopping center is the fire sprinkler system seemed under control until it starts again. SWAT officers helped escort people shopping center and to ensure evacuation.
There are test shots were fired, but police say it can break a window or an explosion in flash can be used to detain suspects.
CHP officers Sheriff's Department and Roseville Placer County Fire Police and mall security.
The mall is not the first fire, the suspect set. It 's also a fire this morning in a Wal-Mart in Antelope, where he worked. A colleague and friend of the suspects, said the defendant had glassy eyes and "seemed out of it." He also said that it seemed strange baggage. Sacramento Metro Fire Department arrived at the store on fire. At that time the suspect was gone.
Piggee colleague and friend also said that "in recent weeks have been very difficult for him." CBS13 Piggee Apparently in a car accident recently and was prescribed OxyContin. He also said that his mother had thrown out of the house, and this may explain why he had luggage in his possession.