"For now, there is nothing to indicate a racist motive" in the shooting that left nine people dead Saturday night in Ohio, the local police chief said on Monday. The investigators, however, do not exclude any leads at this early stage of their investigations, said Richard Biehl, police chief of Dayton, in the northeastern United States.
Having such an arsenal is "problematic"
The gunman, a 24-year-old white man, killed nine people, six blacks and three whites, including his own sister, in a bustling area of the city, before being shot by police officers who were patrolling the area. According to Richard Biehl, the chargers found near the shooter or in his backpack suggest that he could have shot "up to 250 balls". "To have such an arsenal in a civilian environment, without regulation, is problematic," added the policeman.
He said that among the thirty wounded, 14 had been hit by the shots. One of them is a friend of the shooter's sister, who received a "bullet in the chest", according to Richard Biehl. The three youths had arrived together in Oregon's historic district, where there are many bars, restaurants and nightclubs. But the shooter had then moved away from the other two.
21 dead in the El Paso shooting, according to a new police report
Saturday's attack by a gunman at a crowded shopping mall in Mexico's El Paso, Texas, killed 21 people, local police said on Monday. One of the shooter's bullets succumbed early Monday morning, El Paso police said on his Twitter account. The perpetrator, a 21-year-old white man, was arrested.