Police said Dalton admitted to taking lives after his arrest, but the father of two reportedly remained silent and expressionless at his arraignment Monday.
Driver behavior is a problem Uber must address with the public as it grows and adds more cars, said Allen Adamson, founder of Brand Simple Consulting. She says she was touched by the crowd that showed up to honor them. “Coldly done is what I want to say”.
Dalton, meanwhile, appeared briefly in court by video link and was charged with six counts of murder, which carry a mandatory life sentence. Mellen said Dalton introduced himself as “Me-Me” and had a dog in the backseat.
Dalton is scheduled to be back in court March 10 for a preliminary examination hearing before District Judge Christopher T. Haenicke.
When Lemieux placed an Uber order, the ride-sharing app apparently assigned Dalton, 45, to pick up the women, they said.
“He chose people and he shot them simply because he could”, Getting told CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront”.
The Dalton family released a statement Monday afternoon to the Free Press.
“This type of violence has no place in our society, and we express our love and support for everyone involved. We have reached out to the police to help with their investigation in any way that we can”.
Ride-hailing company Uber received a complaint about erratic driving by Jason Dalton on Saturday night, but says it never could have predicted the violent acts Dalton allegedly committed. He purchased a black jacket meant to give clear access to the firearm but can also be zipped to hide it, said owner Jonathan Southwick. Uber this afternoon confirmed they had not reviewed the feedback, which came in four hours before the first victim was killed.
George, who was inside her home when the shooting happened but later talked with witnesses, said that Carruthers had an instinct something was wrong when a auto drove up.
Among those killed were Mary Lou Nye, 62, of Baroda, Mich.; Mary Jo Nye, 60, a former teacher at Calhoun Community High School; 68-year-old Barbara Hawthorne and 74-year-old Dorothy Brown, both of Battle Creek; and Richard Smith, 53, and his 17-year-old son, Tyler. You don’t know who anybody is when you meet them for the first time.
The local prosecutor said the victims “weren’t targeted for any reason other than that they were there to be a target”.
The owner of a Kalamazoo gun shop says he sold guns to the man accused of killing six people but does not know if he sold the weapon used the night of the shooting rampage. Abigail Kopf, a 14-year-old girl, remains hospitalized in critical condition. Mellen said he also tried to report Dalton to Uber.
“I really thought I was going to die in that auto”, Mellen told ABC News. “He was surprisingly calm the whole time”. “We were kind of driving through medians, driving through the lawn speeding along and then finally, once he came to a stop, I jumped out of the auto and ran away”. The deputy stopped the vehicle and the man was arrested peacefully.
