6 dead in Kalamazoo County shooting spree; suspect in custody
(CNN)At least six people were killed during a shooting spree Kalamazoo County, Michigan, authorities said.
In all, eight people were shot in three locations Saturday, Kalamazoo County Undersheriff Paul Matyas told CNN. Two people, including a child, are in critical condition; one person is in serious condition.
All three shooting incidents appear to be related, authorities said.
"What it looks like is we have someone just driving around, finding people and shooting them dead in their tracks," Matyas told CNN affiliate WOOD-TV.
"This is your worst nightmare, when you have somebody just driving around randomly killing people."
Police have a "strong suspect" in custody, Kalamazoo Public Safety Chief Jeff Hadley told CNN affiliate WWMT.
The suspect was taken into custody without incident in downtown Kalamazoo, Hadley said.
"The threat to the public is over," Matyas told WOOD. "We know this is our suspect. He is in custody."
Authorities recovered a weapon from the suspect's car, he said.
Three shootings
The first shooting took place around 6 p.m. (7 p.m. ET), when a woman was shot four times in an apartment complex parking lot, Matyas said. She was with her three children. The woman is in serious condition.
Shortly after 10 p.m. local time, two people were shot and killed at a car dealership, Matyas said.
"At this point we believe [they] were just here looking at a vehicle," Hadley said.
Then four people in two cars were shot and killed outside a Cracker Barrel restaurant a few miles away from the dealership, Matyas told WOOD.
"This is obviously a tragic event. Any time a community loses six people in senseless, random acts of violence, [it] is just tragedy for everyone," Hadley told WWMT. "It's really tough."
5 comments:
Do we have a name for the perp?
Federal mass shooting / mass casualty protocol put in place after the Giffords shooting: DHS takes immediate control pre-empting local LEO and placing a strict gag order on the event.
DHS takes whatever time it needs to shape the "facts" of the event to fit the Obama administration's desired political narrative. Particular attention is paid the perpetrators online history.
By the time the locals are permitted to start feeding information to the media the evidence has been shaped to fullest extent possible.
If the perp is a Muslim the Muslim Brotherhood has already been informed and prepared for a press conference within moments of the announcement.
The major media happily support the administration in this effort.
http://heavy.com/news/2016/02/jason-dalton-kalamazoo-shooting-spree-suspect-gunman-shooter-name-photos-pictures-facebook-motive-age/
Jason Dalton, 45, is accused of killing seven people in a random shooting spree in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Dalton Does Not Have a Criminal Record Police Are Aware Of. It is not known if he had a history of mental illness.
Police have not released any information about his family or background. He is employed somewhere, but authorities have not said where. Dalton’s Facebook page has not been active since 2009, but according to the photos posted he has at least two children and was married. It’s not yet known if he was still married.
It’s Not Yet Known if Dalton Owned the Gun Legally
The suspect, identified as Jason Dalton, was arrested early Sunday morning, about six hours after the first shooting was reported and two hours after the final shooting, Kalamazoo County Prosecutor Jeff Getting said at a press conference. He was taken into custody following a traffic stop without incident and is being questioned, police say.
Contrast the rapid decision and characterization of this headline against any sudden jihad event:
WZZM13/ABC: Kalamazoo shooting suspect 'intentionally' killed victims, officials say
James Dalton looks like someone ordered up a Spree Shooter from Central Casting.
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