Identities Of Several Victims Of Kalamazoo Rampage Released By Police
DETROIT (WWJ) - Michigan State Police continue to investigate in the aftermath of a mass shooting in the Kalamazoo area Saturday and have released the identities of four of the six killed in the shootings.
Five people were shot, four fatally, outside of the Cracker Barrel Restaurant in Kalamazoo.
The victims are:
Mary Lou Nye, 62, of Baroda, Michigan (driver of Oldsmobile mini-van);
Mary Jo Nye, 60, of Battle Creek, Michigan (driver of Chevrolet);
Dorothy Brown, 74, of Battle Creek, Michigan (rear, driver-side passenger of Chevrolet);
Barbara Hawthorne, 68, of Battle Creek, Michigan (rear, passenger-side passenger of Chevrolet).
The 14-year-old front-seat passenger of the Chevrolet is currently in critical condition at Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo.
WWMT Newschannel 3 in west Michigan identifies two other victims from the shooting at the auto dealer parking lot as Tyler Smith, 18, of Mattawan and Richard Smith, of Mattawan.
Police have a suspect in custody, 45-year-old Jason Dalton, an Uber driver with no criminal history was arrested by police without incident Sunday morning.
The incident at the Cracker Barrel Restaurant was the last of three separate shootings that occurred on Saturday evening in which Dalton is the suspect.
At approximately 5:42 p.m. on Saturday, the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office was called to the Meadows Townhomes on G Avenue near Comstock for a woman who had been shot multiple times in the parking lot.
The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office is leading the investigation into that shooting.
The second shooting was reported at approximately 10:08 p.m. at the Seelye Ford KIA Dealership on Stadium Drive in Kalamazoo. During this incident, two people, a father and son, were shot and killed. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety is leading the investigation into that shooting.
Authorities still cannot say what may have prompted Dalton, who has no criminal record, to randomly prey on victims who had no connection to him.
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According to a statement released by Uber, Dalton did pass a background check.
"How do you go and tell the families of these victims that they weren't targeted for any reason other than they were there to be a target?" said Getting.