Betts’ Twitter profile read, “he/him / anime fan / metalhead / leftist / i’m going to hell and i’m not coming back.” One tweet on his page read, “Off to Midnight Mass. At least the songs are good. #athiestsonchristmas.” The page handle? I am the spookster. On one selfie, he included the hashtags, “#selfie4satan #HailSatan SatanTweeting.” On the date of ********** Sen. John McCain’s death, he wrote, “***** John McCain.”
On Nov. 2, 2018, he wrote: “Vote blue for gods sake.”
This is America: Guns on every corner, guns in every house, no freedom but that to kill,” he wrote in December 2018. And, “’Tis! The pistol is a Beretta 93R, called the REK7 in BO4. Do love me some guns!” He also wrote, “Hammer, brick, gun.” On Feb. 14, 2018, he tweeted this at Sen. Rob Portman: “@robportman hey rob. How much did they pay you to look the other way? 17 kids are dead. If not now, when?” That was the date of the mass shooting at a school in Parkland, Florida.
Authorities now say that Betts, 24, of Bellbrook, Ohio, donned body armor and a mask before shooting and killing 9 people outside a Dayton bar, including his own sister. At least 27 people were injured. Police say the motive is unclear. You can read tributes to the victims here.
“#2016ElectionIn3Words This is bad,” he wrote on Nov. 8, 2016. “You can’t kill 50+ people and injure 600(!) In 10 minutes with cigarettes my dude,” he wrote in 2017. In response to a Buzzfeed story that read, “******ia has declared a state of emergency in anticipation of the “Unite the Right” rally anniversary in Charlottesville this weekend,” he wrote: “Kill every *******.”
There's a tweet describing who did it but I won't post that without confirming it first
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Multiple people have said they've heard this description on the police scanner so now I'll post it
Now I'm seeing reports that the shooter is at large and police are looking for him?
— IntelDoge (@IntelDoge)
Suspect killed
This will help clear things up
— juice_spur (@Juice_Spur)
Law enforcement sources tell CBS News the Dayton mass shooter is 24-year-old Connor Betts, of Bellbrook, Ohio. The sources say police were searching his house on Sunday morning
— CBS News (@CBSNews)
BREAKING: Gunshots heard in video after shooting in Dayton, Ohio.
— Breaking News Global (@BreakingNAlerts)
Here's a three-part Facebook video from the scene of a shooting that happened in the Dayton, Ohio Oregon district. Video taken by Dougie Doug. 1/3
— Chad Baker (@ChadBlue83)
3/3
— Chad Baker (@ChadBlue83)
2/3
— Chad Baker (@ChadBlue83)
. reporting all hospitals alerted. Initial reports from PD are 10 people shot but number may rise. Oregon District still very active. Molly is live w/ updates now on FB
— Adam Aaro (@Adam247Now)
My husband is an officer and he is monitoring radio traffic. He’s not posted in the Oregon District. He’s reporting that there aren’t enough ambulances, cops are transporting victims in their cruisers.
— Danielle B. - Twisted Pixie Art (@twistedpixieart)
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