MI - GUILTY - Six Dead, 2 Injured in Kalamazoo Shooting Rampage, 20 Feb 2016 *Arrest*

[BetteDavisEyes]

Teen ‘willed herself back’ from Kalamazoo shooting

Associated Press 7:30 a.m. EST March 4, 2016

Kalamazoo, Mich. — The mother of a 14-year-old girl who survived a series of random shootings in southwestern Michigan that left six dead believes her daughter “willed herself back” after doctors called a time of death.

Abigail was shot in the head when four family friends were fatally shot Feb. 20 in the Cracker Barrel parking lot near Kalamazoo.Vicki Kopf said she was already discussing the process of donating the organs of her daughter, Abigail, but she heard a faint heartbeat. Several hours later, Kopf said, she felt the teen squeeze her hand...

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/michigan/2016/03/03/kamalazoo-shooting-survivor/81284708/

In an otherwise tragic case, I'm so happy that Abigail is recovering from her injuries. I hope she continues to improve raying:

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

Kalamazoo shooting survivor who 'died' before coming back to life utters her first word after being released from hospital

Abigail Kopf, 14, was shot in the head in a restaurant during the rampage

Doctors declared her dead and prepared to harvest her organs when she squeezed her mother's hand

She uttered her first word since the February 20 attack on Friday

Abigail previously started breathing on her own and walking again

Six people died in the five-hour shooting in Kalamazoo, Michigan

Uber driver Jason Dalton, 45, has been charged with the attack

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...r-Abigail-Kopf-speaks-time.html#ixzz42ghtz3iw

 

[ljwf22]

From the Detroit Free Press:

"A Kalamazoo Uber driver accused of killing six people and wounding two others last month told police that the ride-sharing app took over his "mind and body" and made him carry out the rampage."

http://www.freep.com/story/news/loc...orts-released-what-he-told-his-wife/81762070/

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Mar 14 2016, 7:59 pm ET

Jason Dalton, Uber Driver Charged in Kalamazoo Massacre, Says He Was 'Taken Over' by App

by Tim Stelloh

Here's a modern twist on an old defense: The app made him do it.

The Uber driver charged with killing six people and wounding two in Kalamazoo, Michigan, last month told detectives that the car service's mobile phone application turned him into "a puppet" and that he wasn't sure "how much he had or had not done."

According to police documents released Monday, Jason Dalton, 45, told detectives during an often muddled Feb. 22 interview that he is "not a killer and he knows that he has killed. Dalton said that he could only tell us that [the app] has the ability to take you over." ...

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...harged-kalamazoo-massacre-says-he-was-n538286

I thought from the get-go that this tragic case would end up with a psych defense

 

[cuffem]

Mar 14 2016, 7:59 pm ET

Jason Dalton, Uber Driver Charged in Kalamazoo Massacre, Says He Was 'Taken Over' by App

by Tim Stelloh

Here's a modern twist on an old defense: The app made him do it.

The Uber driver charged with killing six people and wounding two in Kalamazoo, Michigan, last month told detectives that the car service's mobile phone application turned him into "a puppet" and that he wasn't sure "how much he had or had not done."

According to police documents released Monday, Jason Dalton, 45, told detectives during an often muddled Feb. 22 interview that he is "not a killer and he knows that he has killed. Dalton said that he could only tell us that [the app] has the ability to take you over." ...

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...harged-kalamazoo-massacre-says-he-was-n538286

I thought from the get-go that this tragic case would end up with a psych defense

This article states he had a bad temper, I believe this guy had rage/anger issues and lost it over some personal or financial or job related problem.
Has it been said what the phone call was about before the shootings?Or whom the call was from?

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

This article states he had a bad temper, I believe this guy had rage/anger issues and lost it over some personal or financial or job related problem.
Has it been said what the phone call was about before the shootings?Or whom the call was from?

I haven't read anything about the phone call. This is probably a significant detail in the investigation, and LE is keeping the information close to the vest. :moo:

 

[CCmakes3]

This article states he had a bad temper, I believe this guy had rage/anger issues and lost it over some personal or financial or job related problem.
Has it been said what the phone call was about before the shootings?Or whom the call was from?

Yep, I haven't followed this case closely but I'm not buying the insanity defense. We had an Uber driver around here who became obsessed with a young lady he drove home and started stalking her with creepy notes. When I heard that this guy ended up near some college hang-out (sorry, no source), I figured he probably got rejected by some young hottie at some point in the not too distant past, and decided to take it out on some poor random folks who had nothing to do with it, as per usual in these incidents.

 

[ljwf22]

Shooter suing Uber for $10 million

From the Detroit Free Press:
"The man charged with killing six people and wounding two others in Kalamazoo last month is suing Uber.

Jason Dalton filed a handwritten lawsuit with the U.S. Federal District Court for the Eastern District in Detroit asking for $10 million from the ride-sharing company for ruining his life."

Link:http://www.freep.com/story/news/loc...amazoo-shooting-dalton-uber-lawsuit/81878618/

 

[CCmakes3]

Shooter suing Uber for $10 million

From the Detroit Free Press:
"The man charged with killing six people and wounding two others in Kalamazoo last month is suing Uber.

Jason Dalton filed a handwritten lawsuit with the U.S. Federal District Court for the Eastern District in Detroit asking for $10 million from the ride-sharing company for ruining his life."

Link:http://www.freep.com/story/news/loc...amazoo-shooting-dalton-uber-lawsuit/81878618/

Lol, UNbelievable. Truth is indeed stranger than fiction. Good luck, loser! :loser:

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Mar 17 2016, 12:05 pm ET

Kalamazoo Shooting: Lawsuit Against Uber Allegedly Filed by Suspect Is Hoax

by Erik Ortiz

A handwritten federal lawsuit reportedly filed by the suspect in last month's deadly shooting rampage in Kalamazoo, Michigan, was a hoax, officials said Thursday.

The suit was mailed Tuesday to the U.S. District Court in Detroit, The Associated Press reported, and claimed alleged shooter Jason Brian Dalton was suing Uber for $10 million after failing to get back wages and overtime as a driver for the ride-hailing app.

But the complaint is a sham, Kalamazoo County Undersheriff Pali Matyas told NBC affiliate WOOD-TV in an email that was also confirmed to NBC News...

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...nst-uber-allegedly-filed-suspect-hoax-n540871

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Authorities: Uber lawsuit not from Kalamazoo suspect Includes document

Jennifer Chambers, The Detroit News 11:47 a.m. EDT March 17, 2016

Authorities in Kalamazoo say an Uber driver charged with killing six people in Kalamazoo did not file a lawsuit against the online transportation company for $10 million.

Kalamazoo County Undersheriff Paul Matyas said Thursday suspect Jason Brian Dalton denied filing the lawsuit in U.S District Court during an interview inside the county jail early Thursday morning.

Before speaking to Dalton, Matyas compared Dalton’s handwritten statement against the handwriting in the lawsuit and the two did not match, he said...

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/ne...ties-uber-lawsuit-kalamazoo-suspect/81908108/

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Impact, implications of hoax federal lawsuits

Michael Tarm, Associated Press 9:14 a.m. EDT March 26, 2016

Chicago — Legal experts say bogus lawsuits like two recently filed under the names of suspects in high-profile criminal cases are rare, but that prosecutors have options for pursuing charges.

Federal investigators are looking into two hoax lawsuits that were mailed from Pennsylvania in the last month. One lists the plaintiff as the former Uber driver suspected in several fatal shootings last month in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and the other was filed in the name of the man convicted in the fatal 2011 shooting rampage in Arizona that injured then-U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords.

Here are details about prosecutors’ options and the ongoing investigations...

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/ne...-implications-hoax-federal-lawsuits/82289130/

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Kalamazoo teen shooting victim walking

The Detroit News 8:04 p.m. EDT April 4, 2016

A teen who was injured during the Kalamazoo shootings that killed six people in February now is walking.

Abigail Kopf, 14, was strolling through a hallway at Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital in Grand Rapids, according to a Facebook page set up by her family.

The page, named Abbie Kopf's Recovery, will show video of her walk and other parts of her recovery, said the family...

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/ne...amazoo-teen-shooting-victim-walking/82633872/

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/kalmazoo-uber-shooting-survivor-makes-remarkable-progress

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Apr 20 2016, 12:18 pm ET

Kalamazoo Shooting: 'Miracle' Teen Abigail Kopf Leaves Hospital Rehab

by Erik Ortiz

The "miracle" Michigan teenager mistakenly declared dead after she was shot in the head during a gunman's rampage exactly two months ago returned home Wednesday from the hospital — defying the odds, her doctors said.

Abigail Kopf, 14, made "significant strides" during her six weeks of intensive in-patient therapy, according to the Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital, which chronicled her journey in a video posted to YouTube.

Kopf was believed brain dead immediately after the shooting...

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...en-abigail-kopf-leaves-hospital-rehab-n559231

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Kalamazoo shooting victim graduates physical therapy

James David Dickson, The Detroit News 2:38 p.m. EDT April 20, 2016

Abigail Kopf, the 14-year-old victim of a mass shooting in Kalamazoo on Feb. 20, has graduated from physical therapy two months after she was shot in the head, the Kopf family announced via social media on Wednesday.

Six people died in those shootings. Four were family friends of Abigail, including Barbara Hawthorne, a 68-year-old woman Abigail called “Grandma Barb,” who had taken her to a theater show that night.

The announcement went out on a Facebook page chronicling Abigail’s journey back to normalcy. Abigail took physical therapy at Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital and had been there since early March...

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/ne...g-victim-graduates-physical-therapy/83292290/

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Kalamazoo shooting suspect faces competency hearing

Francis X. Donnelly, The Detroit News 10:33 a.m. EDT April 22, 2016

Kalamazoo — A competency hearing will be held Friday for an Uber driver who is charged with killing six people in February in Kalamazoo.

The hearing in Kalamazoo County District Court may determine whether Jason Dalton is mentally fit to stand trial.

Judge Tiffany Ankley will receive a written report of a mental competency exam of Dalton from the state Center for Forensic Psychiatry in Saline...

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/ne...lamazoo-shooting-suspect-competency/83382082/

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Kalamazoo shooting suspect found competent for trial

Francis X. Donnelly, The Detroit News 10:33 a.m. EDT April 22, 2016

Kalamazoo — A Kalamazoo County judge ruled Friday that an Uber driver charged with killing six people is mentally fit to stand trial.

The ruling clears the way for Jason Dalton to be tried in a shooting spree in February that also injured two others...

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/ne...lamazoo-shooting-suspect-competency/83382082/

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

LIVE - Key hearing for man charged in Kalamazoo shooting rampage

Jason Dalton competent to stand trial for allegedly killing 6

By Local 4 - ClickOnDetroit news staff

Posted: 4:00 AM, May 20, 2016
Updated: 9:08 AM, May 20, 2016

KALAMAZOO, Mich. - A judge is holding a key Friday hearing to determine whether a Michigan man will go to trial for random shootings in Kalamazoo that killed six people and injured two more.

Dalton, 45, was found competent to stand trial last month on murder and attempted murder charges. The criminal case against Dalton had been on hold while experts determined whether he understands the charges and can assist his attorney in his defense...

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/...iminary-examination-to-begin-for-jason-dalton

 

[Spellbound]

video, Dalton outburst leaves witness in stand on tears. Outburst starts at about 24 minutes into video....I feel so badly for this witness and the trauma she has to go through by testifying must be terrible for her.

http://www.wildabouttrial.com/one_o...ng-and-causes-witness-to-break-down-in-tears/

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

I was changing sheets and heard JD's rant on WWJ radio. Dalton was found competent to stand trial. Is this an attempt at an insanity plea?

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/...ing-suspect-jason-dalton-dargged-out-of-court

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/ne...5/20/uber-driver-jason-dalton-court/84644828/