Kalamazoo shootings suspect told police Uber app controlled him 'like A.I.'

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http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/kalamazoo-shooting-rampage/kalamazoo-shootings-suspect-told-police-uber-app-controlled-him-like-artificial-intelligence

By Guy Gordon - Reporter/Anchor , Dave Bartkowiak - Web Producer , John Steckroth - Digital news editor
Posted: 4:39 PM, March 14, 2016
Updated: 5:51 PM, March 14, 2016

The 911 calls and arrest video from February's massacre in Kalamazoo depict the horror and chaos as a gunman struck again and again, leaving six people dead.

Jason Dalton had his family dog in the car with him when he allegedly began his shooting rampage. Dalton apparently was working as an Uber driver and taking fares during his shooting spree. He blames the Uber app he was using for the violence, telling police after he was arrested Feb. 20 that the app took him over "like artificial intelligence that can tap into you body," according to a police document.

Six people were killed and another two were wounded when the shooter was finished. For all the bloodshed, he was eerily passive during his arrest. The arresting officer said Dalton was slow to respond to instructions. Video of the arrest shows the officer pull a pistol from the suspect's right pocket. When he asked if the gun was registered in his name, "Dalton did not respond to my questioning and continued staring blankly ahead the whole time while walking him to the patrol vehicle."

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According to the arresting officer's report, Dalton said when he logged onto the Uber app it "started making him be like a puppet." He told police he would have tried to have a "shootout with police, when the log in went from the black symbol back to the red, that's when Dalton stopped his thought."

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Nope, no reason to screen Uber drivers or to make sure they are not sleep deprived.

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1. Police Report

http://media.clickondetroit.com/document_dev/2016/03/14/Dalton%20police%20doc_2411327_ver1.0.pdf