Seven people were shot and killed and several others wounded in Michigan on Saturday night in a series of apparently random public shootings, according to authorities and local media.
The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety said on its Facebook page that six people had been shot and killed and several others seriously wounded in three shootings in Kalamazoo County, in southwest Michigan.
Local media said early on Sunday a teen-aged girl who was shot had died, becoming the seventh fatality.
“We seem to be dealing with a worst-case scenario, someone driving around shooting,” Kalamazoo County Undersheriff Paul Matyas told NBC News after the shootings. At least three people were wounded in the attacks.
The Kalamazoo Public Safety Department said a suspect fitting the description of the gunman had been apprehended without incident, citing Chief Jeff Hadley.
The suspect was not identified, but media reports, citing police, said he was aged 45, from Kalamazoo.
The public safety department earlier described the gunman as a white male in his 50s who was believed to be driving a dark colored Chevy HHR SUV with chrome wheels, adding that the vehicle may have been damaged. Police said the man who was arrested was driving a black HHR and had a weapon in the vehicle.
According to local media, four people were shot dead at a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Texas Township, and two more died at a Seelye Kia dealership in Kalamazoo. The teen-aged victim who later died was also shot at the restaurant.
The carnage began early Saturday evening when Matyas said police were first called to a Kalamazoo County apartment building where a woman was shot multiple times before later being listed in serious condition.
Hours later, they were called to the car dealership where two people were shot and killed, and a third was wounded.
Four people were killed at a third shooting scene in the Cracker Barrel parking lot, where the gunman opened fire on people in their cars after a brief conversation. A fifth person died later.
The victims and shooting scenes appeared to have no link apart from the suspect. No motive for the seemingly random attacks had been determined.
Authorities could not be reached to verify the reports independently, but confirmed the deaths in media interviews and on social media.
The victims’ identities were not released.
(Reporting by Chris Michaud; Editing by Miral Fahmy and Susan Thomas)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-michigan-shooting-idUSKCN0VU05S
It’s very rare that someone would engage in random killings with no motive, but it is possible.
On the other hand, the incident, the shooter, and his victims (probably all black in Kalamazoo) do fit the propaganda agenda perfectly, so it’s just as possible that this was done to advance the gun-control agenda, the mental health screening agenda, and increase racial tensions.
Just pay an operative to shoot a few people, and the frame someone else for the murders that you don’t like. It will be interesting to see if this gets to court, and what the alleged perpetrator has to say. If we don’t hear from him at all, you can bet your last dollar that this was a false-flag operation.
Suspect story: Police say nothing about suspect other than age. Victims remain unidentified. No way to verify possible false-flag propaganda to support gun-control agenda.
Here’s an update…I guess;
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-michigan-shooting-idUSKCN0VU05S
Apparently, the orange prison clothes at the Kalamazoo county Sheriff’s office have collars. That way you can hide stuff under the collar and the pigs will never find it.
Either that or the guy just likes wearing orange shirts.
Nice catch on the orange collar. I missed it.
Maybe he’s an Oregon State or Oklahoma State fan?
They did publish the photo with a variation of the, now standard, “crazy eyes”.
It’s possibly due to chronic lead poisoning from the water there in Michigan?
You never know what BS story/excuse they will come up with.
If it can be contorted into the anti-gun agenda, we all know they’ll take advantage of it.
I just had a humorous thought.
Maybe he was mad about Ted Nugent’s apology?
This from another article…
“… authorities were investigating a Facebook post by the fiancée of an Uber passenger who said Dalton was driving erratically just before the shootings.”
Big Pharma?
“Getting said Dalton was thought to have been in contact with more than one person via cellphone during the shooting spree.”
Handler?
Handler?
It possibly 21st Century MK Ultra Op.
Not much else makes any sense.
It is said he continued to take fares in between shootings?
Definitely dedicated to his job! WTF?
Not necessarily, Martist. This, from a more recent article…
“An Uber representative confirmed that Dalton was a company driver and that he had passed background checks. The representative referred questions about whether Dalton was working at the time of the shootings to police.”
“Authorities could not confirm that the 45-year-old suspect was working for Uber during the nearly five-hour shooting spree at the three sites.”
KalamaZoo “Department of Pub lick Safety”.
Yeah….. its safe to draw a chalk line around them.
I can’t believe people pay these agencies.
Kalamazoo “Department of Public Safety Deaths”.
#KalamaZooDeadPeoplesLivesMatter
It’s just more meat for the propaganda meat grinder. You have to “grind some meat” to get attention. I’ve been on the road all day, any national press on this or is it, “chirp, chirp, chirp?”