Speeding along. Finally once he came to a stop, i jumped out of the car and ran away. Reporter police say hours later that same man, Jason Brian Dalton began a series of random shootings. The first victim unidentified woman at meadows town homes on the outskirts of kalmazoo, shot multiple times and expected to survive. Approximately, four hours later, eight miles away, Richard Smith and 17yearold son tyler were fatally shot looking at cars at the Sealy Ford Kia dealership. 15 minutes later, five people gunned down in their vehicles in the parking lot of a Cracker Barrel restaurant along interstate 94. Among the victims, mary lou nye, 62, mary jo nye, 60. Dorothy brown, 74. Barbara hawthorne, 68. A 14yearold passenger remains in grave condition. It was just after midnight when spotted the 45yearolds car leaving the parking lot of of a downtown kalmazoo bar. Dalton surrendered without a fight. There is no connection between the three different sets of victims to each other or any of the
Gps logs. Passengers have come forward with receipts showing dalton gave them rides even after the shooting began. One man says he took family because he heard about the shootings and thought it would be safer than walking. I kind of jokingly said to the driver, youre not the shooter, are you . He shook his head and said no. Reporter for an entire community the randomness of the attacks is still difficult to comprehend comprehend. Uber confirms dalton did pass a background check, and the company says it has no plans to change its procedures in the wake of these shootings. Also tonight, we are hearing from the accused shooters family for the first time. They say they are deeply sorry and will fully cooperate to learn how and why this happened. Lester . Blake mccoy in michigan tonight, thank you. Now to that breaking news in the race for president. A shakeup in the ted cruz xarn. One of his top aides fired after spreading misinformation about marco rubio, but as those campaigns squabble,
Were first reported. And 106 years old with moves better than most teens. Tonight we talk to the woman so excited at broke out her dance moves with the nightly news begins right now. Nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this the nbc lester holt. Good evening. Uber says tonight there were no red flags, no warnings about the michigan driver who was formally charged this afternoon with the murders of six people job in the kalamazoo area on saturday night. A father and a son are among the dead. Two other people were wounded in the bizarre and apparently random shooting spree that according to the prosecutor james dalton has admitted to, but there is still no answer as to why. Nbcs blake mccoy was at todays details. Reporter accused kalamazoo shooter in court via closedcircuit tv this afternoon. I would prefer just to remain silent. Reporter 45yearold father of two has been charged with 16 felonies, including six counts of murder. There is videotapes of these incidences. He walked up on
Murdering six people in kalamazoo, michigan. Prosecutors say 45yearold jason dalton has confessed. The dead, apparently shot at random, range in age from 17 to 74. Two others were wounded and anna werner has the details. The defendant did murder mary jo nye. Reporter it took nearly ten minutes for a kalamazoo judge to read the 16 counts against former iewber driver jason brian dalton. The defendant did murder barbara hawthorne. Reporter dalton sat expressionless on closed circuit tv from his jail cell. Do you understand the charges being made against you . Reporter Police Allege daltons shooting rampage began at a town home complex around 6 00 p. M. Saturday night. Victim Tiana Carruthers was shot but survived. 12yearold joi coleman was there with her. When she asked, help me, i couldnt help her because i knew i was going to be shot, too, because he didnt stop shooting. I wanted to help her, but i couldnt. Reporter roughly four hours after this first shooting, investigators say dalton
Wounded in theizarre and apparently random shooting spree that according to the prosecutor james dalton has admitted to, but there is still no answer as to why. Nbcs blake mccoy was at today owes arraignment and has detailil reporter accusus kalamazoo shooter jason dalton appearing in court via clickit tv this afternoon. I would prefer just to remain silent. Reporter 45yearold father of two has been charged with 16 felonies, including six counts of murder. There is videotapes of these incidences. He walked up on these them. Reporter motive for the seemingly random k klings remains unclear, but detectives say dalton involved. Eight people shot in three separate locations over nearly five hours. It began at an apartment complex around 6 00 p. M. Saturday where tiana carruthers, a mother of two was shot multiple times and managed to identify dalton as the shooter survive. 18yearold son tyler were killed at a car dealership about four hours later. Richs wife lori posting on facebook today