At least 9 dead, 16 injured in mass shooting in downtown Dayton, Ohio: Police

[RandySF]

At least nine people are dead and more than a dozen wounded after someone opened fire in downtown Dayton, Ohio, according to police.

The suspected shooter was also shot and killed. Police said they are only aware of one shooter.

Authorities responded quickly to the shooting, first reported at 1:22 a.m., and said police are regularly present in the crowded district popular with tourists and locals.

Miami Valley Hospital spokesperson Terrea Little told ABC News that they have received 16 victims from the shooting in the Oregon District. She did not provide further information on their injuries. Dayton police confirmed that "at least" 16 people were injured in area hospitals.

The shooting took place in Dayton's Oregon District, a collection of bars, restaurants and local businesses in the city's downtown. The entire shooting took place outside, police said.

The suspect was using a "long gun," according to police.

In addition to local police, the FBI is on scene assisting with the investigation.

The Dayton Police Department said in a tweet just after 3 a.m. they were "actively investigating an active shooter incident in the #OregonDistrict. Please avoid the area."


https://abcnews.go.com/US/active-shooter-incident-investigated-dayton-ohio-police/story?id=64763090

[Pachamama]

1. OMG....

I just woke up after falling asleep with the TV on and saw the news....

At first I thought it was a continuation of the story of the mass shooting in El Paso. Then as my eyes focused on the TV and I started reading the words below and realized another mass shooting I literally wanted to throw up.

[Laffy Kat]

5. Ugh. I can't even fall asleep.

I was just thinking that there should be some sort of national demonstration to mourn the loss of the U.S. It is no longer the country it once was and won't be again in my lifetime.

[octoberlib]

2. Witness reports , which haven't been confirmed

say he was a young, white male.

According to unconfirmed witness accounts and photographs, the shooter appears to have been a young white man wearing a black hooded sweatshirt. One witness described the shooter as a “white man in all black with an [AR-15-style assault rifle]” who “just opened fire for 30 seconds straight, killing or injuring 10 -20 people.


http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/08/everything-we-know-about-the-dayton-mass-shooting.html

[RandySF]

3. Jesus Effing Christ

Trump opened the gates of Hell.

[7wo7rees]

4. Think so. We all need to demand accountability from our

elected officials. This is out of control.
Such a very sad day for us all.

Trump has to and must be held responsible and condemned.

[Cosmocat]

6. The Republican party needs held responsible

They spawned this lunatic, they will spawn another.

[ananda]

12. And we are all in it!

!@#$%

[triron]

15. That's where he's from.

[LisaL]

9. We allow people to have assault weapons.

For what purpose do they need it? We do nothing about gun control, and now we have gotten to the point that there are several mass shootings per day. Pretty soon we will have to stay in our homes.

[spinbaby]

16. White shooter

All the witnesses I’ve seen interviewed on TV have been black. Tell me this isn’t a race war.

[Dirty Socialist]

7. I live in Dayton

The Oregon district is a place where people have fun, not this crap.
An AR-15? I’m starting to see a pattern here...
I am sick to my stomach.

[superpatriotman]

8. Young males

The perps in what percentage of terrorism?

Be interested in that number

[Mc Mike]

13. Just about all the mass shooters around here were white guys, not all young.

Baumhammers, Poplawski, Soldini, Bowers. All far right freaks, well armed gun nuts.

[Johnny2X2X]

10. 9 dead 26 injured in 60 seconds.

This shooter was killed by police less than a minute after opening fire. In that time he shot 35 people. Get these guns off the streets!

[LisaL]

11. One would think that would be obvious.

But when one lives in US, obviously we are asking the impossible. Because everybody who wants assault weapons apparently needs to be able to do so, and nothing can be done about it.

[underpants]

14. Wow. 1 minute.

The Garlic Festival was 1 minute as well

Va Beach - remember that one - he was in a fire fight with the cops in 11 minutes but he'd shot people on 3 floors. Specific people.

[Historic NY]

17. Another w/m with an assault style weapon

One witness described the shooter as a “white man in all black with an [AR-15-style assault rifle]” who “just opened fire for 30 seconds straight, killing or injuring 10-20 people.”

According to unconfirmed witness accounts and photographs, the shooter appears to have been a young white man wearing a black hooded sweatshirt. One witness described the shooter as a “white man in all black with an [AR-15-style assault rifle]” who “just opened fire for 30 seconds straight, killing or injuring 10-20 people.”




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