BREAKING: FBI opens investigation into Ohio mass shooting, citing shooter's interest in violent ideology. Dayton Police chief says gunman who killed 9 had 'expressed a desire to commit a mass shooting.'
The FBI has opened an investigation into the Ohio mass shooting, citing the gunman’s interest in violent ideology.
Officials say the other 23 people had non-firearm injuries that were sustained when as they fled the scene.A bar manager credits the quick actions of employees with helping to save lives as a gunman opened fire in an Ohio nightclub district over the weekend. Adelia Johnson says in an emailed statement to The Associated Press that Connor Betts often joked about having dark thoughts. She says he told her that he had bipolar disorder and that his talk didn’t scare her because she thought it was a symptom of his mental illness.
Persuading the Legislature to pass such proposals could be an uphill battle. It has given little consideration this session to those and other gun-safety measures already introduced by Democrats. Police say there was nothing in the Dayton shooter’s background to prevent him from buying the firearm used.White House counselor Kellyanne Conway says Trump has wanted to visit El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, since he learned of “these tragedies.”
Ohio Republican Party Chairman Jane Timken called state Rep. Candice Keller’s Sunday Facebook post “shocking and utterly unjustifiable.”
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