Six killed in Michigan shooting rampage
Kalamazoo County prosecutor Jeff Getting identified the suspect as Jason Brian Dalton, 45
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CHICAGO:
A gunman killed six people and seriously injured two others in the northern US state of Michigan, police said on Sunday, after arresting an armed 45-year-old white male for the crime.
The suspect was apprehended at 12:40 am on Sunday (0540 GMT) after a shooting rampage on Saturday night at three different locations in the city of Kalamazoo. Police said the gunman seriously wounded a woman outside an apartment complex, killed two people at a car dealership and then shot to death four more and seriously wounded a teenage girl at a chain restaurant.
“What it looks like is we have somebody driving around, finding people and shooting them dead in their tracks,” Kalamazoo County Undersheriff Paul Matyas said.
“This is your worst nightmare, when you have somebody just driving around randomly killing people,” he added.
The gunman's motives were unclear, officials said.
Kalamazoo County prosecutor Jeff Getting identified the suspect as Jason Brian Dalton, 45, and said he will face murder charges in court on Monday.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 22nd, 2016.
A gunman killed six people and seriously injured two others in the northern US state of Michigan, police said on Sunday, after arresting an armed 45-year-old white male for the crime.
The suspect was apprehended at 12:40 am on Sunday (0540 GMT) after a shooting rampage on Saturday night at three different locations in the city of Kalamazoo. Police said the gunman seriously wounded a woman outside an apartment complex, killed two people at a car dealership and then shot to death four more and seriously wounded a teenage girl at a chain restaurant.
“What it looks like is we have somebody driving around, finding people and shooting them dead in their tracks,” Kalamazoo County Undersheriff Paul Matyas said.
“This is your worst nightmare, when you have somebody just driving around randomly killing people,” he added.
The gunman's motives were unclear, officials said.
Kalamazoo County prosecutor Jeff Getting identified the suspect as Jason Brian Dalton, 45, and said he will face murder charges in court on Monday.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 22nd, 2016.