Former classmates of a man who killed nine people in Ohio early Sunday say the shooter kept a “kill list” and “rape list” in high school.
Connor Betts opened fire outside a crowded bar, killing nine people and injuring 27. Police shot and killed the 24-year-old within 30 seconds of his first shot.
Police have said that nothing in Betts’ background would have prevented him from purchasing a firearm. Several former high school classmates of Betts dispute that, saying he was suspended from high school in 2012 for keeping a list of female students he wanted to sexually assault.
Betts later made a hit list of students he wanted to kill, according to former classmates that spoke to the Associated Press.
“There was a kill list and a rape list, and my name was on the rape list,” a female classmate said.
She said police notified her after Betts was suspended and told her that she was named on Betts’ rape list.
“The officer said he wouldn’t be at school for a while,” she said. “But after some time passed he was back, walking the halls. They didn’t give us any warning that he was returning to school.”
The hit list was found scrawled on a bathroom wall. The list’s discovery started a panic at Bellbrook High School. About one-third of students skipped classes out of fear. The school administration has not officially stated Betts made the list, but former students said it was an open secret that the list belonged to Betts.
