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| Michigan man pleads guilty to killing 6 in between driving for Uber |
| 2019-01-08 |
| [AP] KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) ‐ A Michigan man charged with killing six strangers between picking up rides for Uber pleaded guilty to murder on Monday, just before attorneys were set to interview jurors for his trial. Jason Dalton’s surprise move came about three years after the shootings, which occurred over the course of a few hours in and around Kalamazoo. Dalton pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder over his attorney’s objections, triggering a mandatory sentence of life in prison with no chance for parole on Feb. 5. "Yes, I’ve wanted this for quite a while," Dalton replied when a judge asked if the pleas were voluntary. The 48-year-old Dalton answered "yes" to a series of questions, admitting that he shot eight people at three locations. After his arrest, police quoted Dalton as saying a "devil figure" on Uber’s app was controlling him on the day of the shootings. Four women were killed in the parking lot of a Cracker Barrel restaurant: Barbara Hawthorne, Dorothy "Judy" Brown, Mary Lou Nye and her sister-in-law, Mary Jo Nye. Rich Smith and his 17-year-old son, Tyler Smith, were fatally shot while looking at a pickup truck in a dealer’s lot. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #2 All seriousness aside, my little sister informed me yesterday ( from her Stately Kalamazoo County abode) that one of the victims was a friend of our mother and she went to school with another one of them. She has been following this quite closely and was releived at the sudden turn of events yesterday. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2019-01-08 10:39 |
| #1 Where was he around 4:20 AM on July 10, 2016? Somewhere in DC? |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2019-01-08 08:38 |