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Many are mourning once again as somebody’s father, mother, son or daughter, died at the hands of a gunman this past Sunday. A gunman in body armor opened fire early Sunday in a popular entertainment district in Dayton, Ohio, killing nine people, including his sister, and wounding dozens of others before police ended his life, city officials said.
There have been at least 16 shootings so far this year in the United States with 4 or more people killed, not including the shooter, according to a CNN analysis.
These 16 shootings have resulted in at least 101 dead and 80 wounded.
Connor Betts, 24, was killed by police less than a minute after he started shooting a .223-caliber rifle in the streets of Dayton’s historic Oregon District about 1 a.m. Sunday, August 4th, in the second U.S. mass shooting in less than 24 hours. Police haven’t released further information about Betts or publicly discussed a motive.
His 22-year-old sister Megan was the youngest of the dead — all killed in the same area of bars, restaurants, and theaters that is considered a safe area downtown, police said.
Connor Betts, 24, was killed by police less than a minute after he started shooting a .223-caliber rifle in the streets of Dayton’s historic Oregon District about 1 a.m. in the second U.S. mass shooting in less than 24 hours. Police haven’t released further information about Betts or publicly discussed a motive.
His 22-year-old sister Megan was the youngest of the dead — all killed in the same area of bars, restaurants, and theaters that is considered a safe area downtown, police said.
Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley said the shooter was wearing body armor and had additional high-capacity magazines. Had police not responded so quickly, “hundreds of people in the Oregon District could be dead today,” she said.
Six of the nine killed were black, police said. Although they’ll investigate the possibility of a hate crime, they said the quick timing of the violence made any discrimination in the
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