This is 9news. There is a man hunt in washington tonight for a gunman who shot and killed five people at a mall last night just outside of seattle an burlington. A fifth male victim died in the hospital early this morning. Four female victims di police have not released exact ages. Just that they range from teens to seniors. The gunman first entered the mall unarmed and returned 10 minutes later with a rifle. Two hundred officers responded to the scene. And, they did a fantastic job securing that scene. Getting people out that were in danger. And, i know that now, our law to bring the son of the [bleep] justice who did this to our community. They recovered a hunting type rifle from the scene. They have not identified the shooter. Police are not sure of the gunmans motives. They say there is no indication it was an act of terror. Temperatures dropped 20 degrees compared to yesterday. While the leaves are turning in most areas, some of high danielle grant is tracking cooler weather conditions. It is pleasant. We have had plenty of sunshine. A couple of dark clouds are starting to push along the city sideline. That will only cool us off. I dont anticipate any wet weather. Mid 60s at the airport. A little warmer along the Eastern Plains in the low to mid 70s. 38 in leadville. 49 meeker and upper 50s in out into parts of the dakotas with the strong cold front barreling through the midwest. Back behind it, we might find a couple of isolated shower ins the high country and the winds unfortunately will be kicking up quite a bit for us later this evening. You can see some spots between 20 and 30 miles an hour. So, once again, it will be a very chilly night. A lot of folks woke up to low 30s , early 40s. Tomorrow is the race for look at that. We will be cranking up the heat for the upcoming week. Ill let you know how warm i anticipate it to be. Now, even with the cooler weather we have had lately, there have been wild fires breaking out across the front range and the Eastern Plains this month. As 9news reporter Maya Rodriguez tells us, firefighters say a chance for seeing wild fires spreading is still high as we head toward fall. All right, are we ready . Reporter it is a sunny saturday at west metro fire cool, are you going to climb or lift . Reporter and for families its a good time. This is our wild fire truck. What kind of fires does it put out . The ones in the mountains. Thats right. Wild fires. Good call. Reporter their firefighter muster reminds people and their parents the best ways to stay fire safe. Thats the first thing. Making sure you and your family are safe. That means being fire aware both at home, and outside. This month, colorado firefighters have dealt wi fires. Some just a few acres, others larger. You expect things to slow down. Reporter but wild fires are still breaking out. Overnight, a several acre fire broke down in evergreen. Firefighters quickly put it out, but they say it is just one example of a wild fire season that may not be a season at all. In colorado, the wild fire danger period is almost the dry. There are always places not covered in snow. So, there can be wild land fires in december as well as in july. Reporter for those living in a wild land urban interface area where development meets colorados wilderness, firefighters say letting down your wild fire guard is not an option. Wild fires are inevitable. It is a natural thing and it will happen. But, houses and buildings getting destroyed is not inevitable. There are things we can all do to prevent that. Reporter some include making sure you have around 30 feet of Defensible Space around your home in case trees or bushes on your property catch fire. If you start a campfire, make sure it is completely out before you leigh it. About a third of the state is abnormally dry or in a drought so it doesnt take much for a fire to spread fast. All right, thank you so much maya. Speaking of fires, an unattended campfire caused real embers created a column of smoke leading to a number of 911 calls. Evergreen fire quickly found the source of the fire and was able to put it out. Well, good news from west metro fire about a fiveyear old girl saved from a burning home a few weeks ago. She gives the thumbs up with the caption she is Getting Better and feeling stronger every day. Firefighters found her hideing in a closet upstairs when the home caught fire in it is an important reminder why parents should do fire drills at home. A search is underway for a climber missing in aspen near the maroon bells area. The picken county Sheriffs Office says friends reported david cooke missing tuesday. He is a marine and an expert pioneer. He planned to climb pyramid peek alone. It is something that they are discussing as they celebrate their 50 year anniversary. Here is jessica oh. Reporter it is amazing. A denver neighborhoods 50th birthday is always cause for celebration. The purpose of this event goes beyond the neighborhood block party. Residents in montbello want you to know they have much more to offer than you may think. The definition is beautiful mountain. Repo aspect of the community can be seen in the faces living here. It has been ranked as one of the most diverse neighborhoods in denver for decades. Im extremely crowd. Reporter Chris Martinez has called montbello home for 40 years. He feels like this neighborhood is fighting an image problem. A concern echoed by many neighborhood. The demographic is a larger minority demographic. Reporter teresa cole has seen all the stories highlighting the crime and violence. A complete misrepresentation of the montbello she knows. You have teem who are the backbone of the denver metro area. Reporter she says people in montbello care and strive to make the neighborhood better. This is a special event, but they are herer day. This is a proud, strong, community. Repor long way to go, for now, residents are celebrating how far they have come. And what makes their community unique and beautiful. The beauty is a diversity we have in our community. If you dont know about it, drive through, come see us. Reporter in montbello, jessica oh, 9news. And there is still plenty of time to join in on the celebrations in montbello tonight. Denvers first lady is among a list of performers. Food, music, dancings, all the fun stuff for the entire family. Posted online at 9news. Com. Well, hey, some ski areas are getting an early taste of winter. We have a look at the stunning sights tomorrowed by an early snowstorm. Plus, most men with rock a mustache, but fewer can grow a masterpiece. Denver is attracting the best volunteers made final preps at the pepsi center for tomorrows susan g. Komen race for cure. Tomorrows event includes a 5k and family fun walk. You can sign up day of starting at 6 00 in the morning at the it begins at 8 00. It takes runners from auroria parkway and seven street south of colfax. Runners will run up federal to 20th avenue. Drivers expect delays, enclosures in the area. Watch out for all the pedestrians out there. So, to mountain ski season is already here. Well, sort of. The ski patrol is good test conditions on the upper mountain. Now, the base is still building some places. The silverton ski area is looking at a december opening now. Well, two official days of autumn and it is already looking like winter in the high country. Snow started rolling into colorado last night. Today, another round of Cool Temperatures and snow. Oh yeah. So nice up there. Our man in the mountains matt renoux joins us from Summit County. Matt, the combination of the fall colors and snow has made a beautiful area even more beautiful if we reporter you got that absolutely right. This snowstorm coming at the perfect time. The leaves around here were just starting to peak. As we climb over the top of the mountain, you see the snowstorm putting a little snow on the top of the peaks. It is a magical backdrop, unbelievable. And amazing. And if it is not a sure sign winter is coming, skiers in loveland are training for a ski season that is only weeks away. At the base of the loveland ski snow on the ground for for this morning. Reporter members of the ski patrol here have picked a snowy september saturday. Brings us back to winter quickly. Reporter to start dropping into some chair lift evacuation training. We do this every year with all the volunteer staff and our paid staff early season like this. Reporter good timing with snow on the ground. About four inches of snow today. Up in loveland. And the ski season. Something skiers like steve rogers are well aware of. Changeover seasons right now. About to be winter. Reporter today, hidden in the highways. Trails, and filling the scenic overlooks around Summit County to see the best of the fall season in colorado. Chris yang and his family. My girlfriend is in the car, her family is over there. Reporter are headed to at the same time as snow. Falls in the mountains. You know, the leaves are freezing, you can see all the white. Now, you can see all the leaves are changing. Reporter giving photographers that picture Perfect Blend of bright yellow and reds set in front of freshly powdered peaks. Fantastic. Fall is beautiful. Beautiful colors this year. Reporter mountains the ski patrol is training on. Getting new training in with snow onhe snow, they will soon be skiing on it. It wont be long until we have the guns fired up and we are making snow and we are skiing. Reporter so, loveland and Arapahoe Basin both typically try to open around mid october. So, until then, just take a deep breath and enjoy the view. Because, it is just spectacular. The trees and the peaks, a lot of this might melt away today. Passing through, so if you want to come up and see the peaks that are looking so magnificent, you still have time, probably tomorrow morning, before a lot of it melts away. Another good trip if you dont want to go to Summit County, bass up by copper mountain. Right there. Around, head on up to. Leadville. [ laughter ] i forgot where i was for a moment. And then, people are saying the leaves are absolutely spectacular up there. The higher elevation, so the a little bit longer. I can breathe up there. I dont think it matters where you are. Everywhere you go, it is beautiful. It is beautiful. I love all the pictures we have been seeing. People are really taking advantage. For. Reporter it really is just pretty spectacular time. And the timing just couldnt be better because the peak and then the snow coming in, it is just amazing. We were up on ute pass earlier. That is where a lot of this video came from. And Summit County. If you are wondering where to maybe you want to head to leadville. It looks like a movie. Just unreal. Everything is picturesque colorado. Matt renoux thank you it is fun to watch his reports out there. Well, we have been talking about how it feels like fall around here, dont get used to it. Danielle says we have summer like conditions coming our way. And a pretty hairy competition takes over down down denver. Remnants of Tropical Storm julia sent buffalo roaming into a town of North Carolina in windsor. Zoo staff released them on purpose for their own safety because of flooding. We want to switch gears. Check in with meteorologist danielle grant. You are outside, the sun is still shining. Cooler in the high country. T how do we get matt renouxs job . I know. I know. That has been my ongoing question for owes. Just stunning with the fall colors. The snowfall, down here in the metro, we have had some sunshine. Temperatures though, significantly cooler than yesterday. Upper 60s low 07s. Feeling a little more like fall though. You can see up in the high country, things are at its peak. And man, is it stunning. This one with keystone. Again, Mother Nature trying to figure out which season she wants to bring our way. Certainly looking gorgeous and downtown denver and beyond blue skies. Low 70s at the airport. A little warmer at the Eastern Plains but everyone is significantly cooler than yesterday. About 41 for the high in leadville. 47 in gunson with mid 40s in telluride. At the airport, we are at 66 hanging onto a few more clouds. The winds coming out of the west sustained at 18 miles an hour. We do have a bit of a breeze going here in the just enough to maybe have to get that jacket later on this evening. We are sitting at about 65 here in downtown denver. Right now, our storm system, it finally is starting to move out affecting parts not only of the dakotas but the strong cold front, now moving into the midwest. You can see strong to severe storms in omaha, wichita, stretching throughout the texas panhandle too, on the backside of that storm, just a couple of isolated little showers up in the mountains. That will be about it throughout the rest of the to time out of the north, 5 to 15 miles an hour. Temperatures are cooling off to 40 degrees this evening. 40ed some spots. 50s in the northeast plains. 20s and low 30s. So, prepare for a little bit of frost in some of those spots. The rest of this evening looking pretty good in eastern colorado. Overnight, we really start to clear things out across North Western colorado. Tomorrow morning, 8 00 a. M. , we wake up, the entire state is dry. That is how we get our day started and get it there. It is a spectacular looking sunday. But once again, it will be a little cooler. Are you headed out there for race for the cure . If you are, sweatshirt kind of weather. 44 degrees. The sun will be out and we will warm up. By 10 15, it will be in the low 50s with plenty of sunshine out there, by the afternoon, upper 60s. Pretty similar to today. Should be pretty pleasant. Low 70s in wray, lamar, go check out the fall colors, now is the time. 58 degrees in nederland with low 60s in black hawk. Idaho springs warms up to the low 70s. Forecast looks like this. The rest of the weekend pleasant and sunny. Then High Pressure kicks into high gear around here. That will allow our temperatures to absolutely soar. 70s and 80s for the week to come. On weak cool front. We may find a couple of showers. And so far, models in the low 80s. Plenty of sunshine. We are hanging onto this summer heat. What about our boys . Tomorrow morning, 11 00 a. M. , the broncos taking on cincinnati, they will be out there and temperatures could not be better for them, mid 70s to low to mid 80s by the time the game is winding down. Out there. Plenty of sunshine around here. So, no real complaints. It will be a great day. It doesnt matter where you go in the state. You go in the high country. Yeah. [ talking over one another ] it is all beautiful. Mother nature is bringing us a taste. We win. Love colorado. Danielle, thank you. Hey, this competition cracks me up. People from all over the country are putting beards forward in denver all weekend long. The Boulder Facial Hair Club is hosting the american beard and mustache championship on blake street. Today was picture dad. You can compete in a number of different categories and synthetic beards are welcome here. And what i like the most about it is that. You dont have to do a surgeon thing. You can do your own thing. And, everyone respects that. So, you know, maybe you dont have a full beard, but you have everyone likes that. Everybody is treated really well in this community. Do your thing. Rock it out. Whatever you got. Organizers spend four years putting this event together. You can see the beards in all of their glory for yourself. General admissions 15 bucks. Some of the proceeds will be going to charity. Literally, i think this is fascinating. It doesnt even look real in some cases. Some of them arent real. The synthetic ones. But, the technique, and what product do you use, man . And how they n make the little end of their mustaches so pointy . Fun to watch, uber has a new way to keep track of the drivers with selfies. Sure are, how some companies are trying to save themselves from socalled boomer brain uber is requiring drivers to take a selfie before they begin each shift. Uber says it works both ways giving riders assurances the right driver is behind the wheel. They are a generation known for redefining life at every turn, now, baby boomers are reshaping retirement. They are known for being active and interested in working in some capacity as they age. More than 45 million americans are 65 about 10,000 baby boomers lead the work force every day. It can lead to what is known as the boomer brain drain when Companies Big and small lose their more experienced workers all at once. There will be a need for workers to hang onto the older employers because they dont want the brain drain. As you look down the road, there are not as many younger workers coming along. One Manufacturing Company began what it calls a flex retirement program. 60 and older can slowly transition into retirement. During that time, they will help train someone to take their place. Four years in, and so far, the program is a big success. A competition in russia shows the beauty knows no age. Organizerrings held a beauty con zest for senior women. 14 women competed. Intelligence, creativity and dance. The goal is to help them field the winner says she never thought of herself as a beauty queen. They are beautiful arent they . Just showing off, having fun. A museum more than a century in the decade opens its charlottes police chief released dash cam footage of the Fatal Shooting of an africanamerican man. For the fifth straight day, protesters gathered to demand while a criminal investigation was ongoing in the Fatal Shooting of keith scott. Today, he defended the officers who shot scott. He said officers saw marijuana in his car prompting them to act. That escalated when they saw a weapon in his car. There is no definitive visual evidence that he had a gun in his hand. You can see something in the hand. And that he pointed it at an officer. That i did not visually see in compelling evidence that when you put all the pieces together, support that. Yesterday, scotts wife released cell phone footage taken during the deadly encounter. She is heard telling police he had a traumatic brain injury and that he is unarmed. People can now visit the nations first museum devoted to the history and culture of africanamericans. This morning, president obama and the 99yearold daughter of National Museum of culture and history. This is a place to understand that protests and love of country dont merely coexist, but, inform each other. H