The mass shooter who carried out an attack at a popular restaurant and bar area in Dayton, Ohio has been identified and surveillance footage of his crime released.
Connor Betts, 24, was able to kill nine people and wound 27 others before being killed by police. The officers were in the area and brought him down within a minute.
The sister of the gunman and her boyfriend were found dead in a car near the crime scene. They appeared to have been killed before before Betts carried out the larger attack and are part of the total death toll.
Other instances of a mass shooter murdering a family member before going on a killing spree include Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza, who killed his mother, and Charles Whitman, who killed his wife and mother, before shooting people at the University of Texas at Austin in 1966.
A motive for the shooting remains unclear. Police say he used a .223 rifle and was wearing body armor.
On his Linkedin page, Betts said he was psychology student at Sinclair Community College. He said he’s been working at Chipotle Mexican Grill since in 2017 and had previously worked at a gas station for three years.
He did not have a violent criminal background or concealed weapon permit. Betts also reportedly was suspended in high school after writing a hit list on a bathroom wall.
“I know he made the list,” a woman who went to high school with Betts told the Dayton Daily News. “I’m not sure who the names were on there … He had a plan to shoot up the school,” adding he was a victim of being bullied.
CNN obtained security camera footage showing the attack. People can be seen running away and getting hit by gunfire.
The shooting in Dayton occurred just 13 hours after a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, where 20 people were killed. Unlike Betts, the suspect in that attack surrendered to police and was arrested.
Warning: The video below contains footage some may find distressing.
