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Monday 22 February 2016
Gunman kills 6 at apartment complex, dealership, restaurant
sessing guns of any kind in Progressive Insurance Authorities were interview-
a vehicle. Anyone found to ing Dalton and reviewing
be in violation of the policy confirmed that he once his phone. They did not
may be prohibited from know if the handgun be-
using or driving for the ser- worked for the company longed to him, Getting
vice. said. “This is every commu-
A man who knows Dal- before leaving in 2011. nity’s nightmare — when
ton said he was a married you have someone going
father of two who never Dalton was an insurance around just randomly killing
showed any signs of vio- people, no rhyme, no rea-
lence. adjuster who did auto- son,” Getting said.
Gary Pardo Jr., whose par- Tammy George said the
ents live across the street body estimates and once woman who was shot out-
from Dalton in Kalamazoo side the apartment build-
Township, described him as taught an auto-body re- ing is her next-door neigh-
a family man who seemed bor. She and her family
fixated on cars and often pair class at an area com- heard the gunfire, ran out-
worked on them. side and saw the woman
“He would go a month munity college, said James on the ground.
without mowing his lawn Four bullets flew into a
but was very meticulous Block, who has lived next closet of George’s home,
with his cars,” Pardo said, she said. Her son, James,
explaining that Dalton, at door to him for 17 years. was playing video games
times, owned a Chevrolet with two friends a few feet
Camaro and two Hummer “He loved to do things out- away from where the bul-
SUVs. lets pierced the wall.q
side with his kids” like taking
them for rides on his lawn
tractor, Block said.
Dalton’s wife and children
were unhurt, authorities
said. The suspect was in
contact with more than
one person during the ram-
page, authorities said, but
This image provided by the Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office they would not elaborate.
shows Jason Dalton of Kalamazoo County. Dalton was arrested
early Sunday, Feb. 21, 2016 following a massive manhunt after Prosecutors said they did
several victims were shot at random.
not expect to charge any-
(Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office via AP)
one else.
JEFF KAROUB plex on the eastern edge of
Associated Press Kalamazoo County, where
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — a woman was shot multiple
A gunman who seemed to times. She was expected to
choose his victims at ran- survive.
dom opened fire outside A little more than four hours
an apartment complex, a later and 15 miles away, a
car dealership and a res- father and his 17-year-old
taurant in Michigan, killing son were fatally shot while
six people in a rampage looking at cars at the deal-
that lasted nearly seven ership.
hours, police said. Fifteen minutes after that,
Authorities identified the five people were gunned
shooter as Jason Dalton, a down in the parking lot of
45-year-old Uber driver and a Cracker Barrel restaurant,
former insurance adjuster Matyas said. Four of them
who police said had no died.
criminal record. They could “These are random mur-
not say what motivated ders,” Matyas said.
him to target victims with Dalton was arrested with-
no apparent connection out incident about 12:40
to him or to each other in a.m. Sunday after a depu-
the Saturday night shoot- ty spotted his vehicle driv-
ings. ing through downtown Kal-
“How do you go and tell amazoo after leaving a bar
the families of these victims parking lot, authorities said.
that they weren’t targeted Matyas declined to dis-
for any reason other than close anything found in the
they were there to be a vehicle except for a semi-
target?” Kalamazoo Coun- automatic handgun.
ty Prosecutor Jeff Getting By midday, authorities
said Sunday at a news con- were investigating a Face-
ference. book post that indicated
Dalton, who was arrested the suspect was driving for
in Kalamazoo following a Uber during the manhunt
massive manhunt, was ex- and had taken at least one
pected to be arraigned fare, Getting said.
Monday on murder charg- A spokeswoman for Uber
es. confirmed that Dalton had
Kalamazoo County Un- driven for the company in
dersheriff Paul Matyas de- the past, but she declined
scribed a terrifying series of to say whether he was driv-
attacks that began about ing Saturday night.
6 p.m. Saturday outside the Uber prohibits both passen-
Meadows apartment com- gers and drivers from pos-
