Ohio shooting: Sister of gunman among Dayton dead
Media playback is unsupported on your deviceThe sister of the gunman is among nine people killed in the attack in Dayton, Ohio, police said on Sunday.
Megan Betts, 22, was confirmed as being among the dead at a news conference at which the victims were named. At least 27 people were injured in the shooting, the second in the US within 24 hours. At least 20 others were killed in El Paso, Texas, hours before.Officials said they were still investigating possible motives.
Connor Betts opened fire at 01:07 local time in the Oregon district of the city centre. He wore body armour and came carrying extra ammunition for his .223-calibre assault rifle with high-capacity magazines, police said. "It's hard to imagine that there was much discrimination in the shooting... it happened in a very short period of time," Assistant Police Chief Matt Carper said.The Gun Violence Archive, which categorises mass shootings as four or more people shot or killed, says there have been 251 so far this year.Police listed all nine. All their families had been notified, officials said.
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