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Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley :Officials said the shooter was killed at the scene. The attack happened mere hours after a deadly mass shooting in El Paso, Texas.Pic Photo Courtesy
Mass Shooting In Dayton, Ohio, Leaves At Least 9 Dead, 26 Injured
At least nine people were killed and 26 injured in a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, early Sunday morning, officials said ― the second horrific slaughter in America in less than 24 hours.
Dayton Mayor @nanwhaley says 26 have been injured. 9 dead. Shooter dead. Whaley said police neutralized the shooter in less than one minute. pic.twitter.com/tsCvRux1na
— Ashley Kirklen (@AKirklen) August 4, 2019
Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley said at a press conference that a person wielding a large gun with high-capacity magazines and wearing body armor opened fire in the city’s downtown Oregon District around 1 a.m.
The assailant was killed at the scene by multiple officers in “less than a minute,” Whaley said, adding that the shooter’s identity had yet to be determined.
Victims‘ families gathered at the Dayton Convention & Visitors Bureau. The woman in pink told me she knows her cousin is among the dead. pic.twitter.com/ndZRBWdxlo
— Ashley Kirklen (@AKirklen) August 4, 2019
