October 28, 1994 - Connor Stephen Betts
The Dayton shooting lasted just over half a minute before police ended it, yet nine people were killed and seventeen wounded in that span — a measure of how quickly such attacks unfold and how little time exists to stop them. Evidence recovered afterward suggested the violence was not spontaneous; investigators found material indicating a preoccupation with mass shootings and a stated desire to carry one out. The attack's proximity in time to the El Paso shooting the same day drew particular national attention to the compounding weight of mass casualty events.
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On August 4, 2019, 24-year-old Connor Betts shot and killed nine people, including his brother, and wounded 17 others near the entrance of the Ned Peppers Bar in the Oregon Historic District of Dayton, Ohio, United States. Betts was fatally shot by responding police officers 32 seconds after the first shots were fired. A total of 27 people were taken to area hospitals. It is the deadliest mass shooting to occur in Ohio since the 1975 Easter Sunday Massacre.
A search of the shooter's home found evidence that showed an interest in violence and mass shootings and that he had expressed a desire to commit one. He considered himself a leftist and voiced his support for Antifa; a preliminary assessment did not indicate that Betts had a racial or political motive. The attack occurred just 13 hours after a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas.
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