Dayton shooting
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Date: 2019-08-05

A mass shooting was carried out in Dayton, Ohio, United States, on August 4, 2019, at 1:05 a.m. Eastern Time. Ten people were killed, including the perpetrator, and at least 27 others were injured. The gunman was killed by police within 30 seconds of the first shots being fired.
A search into the suspected shooter's home found writings that showed interest in killing people. A preliminary assessment of the writings indicated no racial or political motive. The attack was the second mass shooting in the United States in 13 hours, following one in El Paso, Texas.
Attack
At 1:05 a.m., eyewitnesses reported that a man opened fire at the entrance of Ned Peppers Bar in the downtown Oregon Historic District of Dayton after being denied entry. He was carrying an Anderson Manufacturing AM-15 with a 100 round magazine, and shot into crowds, killing nine people.
According to Dayton Police Chief Richard Biehl, 20 seconds after the shooting began, law enforcement officers on the scene engaged the gunman. Within 30 seconds after the first shots were fired, the man was shot dead. Local police evacuated many nearby night venues, and warned Dayton residents to stay away from the Oregon district.
Victims
Miami Valley Hospital received 16 victims from the shooting, of which five were admitted and one was listed as in critical condition. The Kettering Health Network, comprised of nine hospitals in the area, received nine victims, with three in serious condition and three in fair condition. By 10:00 a.m. on the same day, 15 of 27 hospitalized individuals had been discharged.
Police reported that all the fatalities occurred outside the bar on East 5th Street, and that the shooter's 22-year-old sister, Megan Betts, was among those killed.
The nine fatally injured victims included five males and four females; six were black and three were white. Their ages ranged from 22 to 57 years old.
Perpetrator
Soon after the attack, law enforcement confirmed that the gunman was Connor Stephen Betts, a 24-year-old from Bellbrook, Ohio. During the day, police and the FBI began searching the shooter's home and found writings that showed interest in killing people. A preliminary assessment of the writings indicated no racial or political motive. On a Twitter account believed to be registered to Betts, he described himself as a leftist, anime fan, and metalhead, with posts that opposed Donald Trump and supported both Elizabeth Warren and socialism.
One classmate of Betts said he was bullied in high school and that he made a list of people at his school he wanted to kill in 2010 or 2011. The classmate said Betts had planned to shoot up the school. The notion of Betts having been bullied was disputed by other classmates, who described him as a misogynist and a bully, reporting that he enjoyed scaring women while attending the school. According to law enforcement, Betts had no criminal record except for minor traffic offenses.
According to the authorities, the shooter had additional magazines with him, and was wearing body armor during the attack. According to the Dayton police, Betts ordered the semi-automatic gun that he used in the shooting online from Texas, and the gun was transferred to a local firearms dealer in Ohio, where Betts picked it up.