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Dayton Shooter Reportedly Suspended From High School for Writing “Hit List” on Wall
slate ^ | 8/4/2019 | Daniel Politi

Posted on 08/04/2019 8:22:54 PM PDT by bitt

Connor Betts, a 24-year-old from Bellbrook, a suburb of Dayton, Ohio, has been identified as the gunman who opened fire early Sunday morning in the heart of a Dayton nightlife district and killed nine people, including his 22-year-old sister, Megan. Betts was killed by police shortly after the shooting began.

When authorities in Ohio confirmed the identity of the shooter, some who went to high school with him were not surprised. A former classmate, for example, said she quickly thought of Betts as soon as she heard about the shooting. Why? He was reportedly suspended for causing a lockdown after he wrote a “hit list” on a bathroom wall, reports the Dayton Daily News.

“I know he made the list,” she said. “I’m not sure who the names were on there. … He had a plan to shoot up the school.” When asked about the list, Chris Baker, who until recently was principal of the Bellbrook High School, pretty much confirmed the information even though he refused to get into details. “I would not dispute that information,” he said, “but I don’t want to get involved any more than just making that comment.” Betts had enrolled at Sinclair Community College and studied psychology but was not enrolled this summer.

background check on Betts revealed only two speeding tickets in 2013 and 2014 and no concealed weapons permits. A LinkedIn profile appearing to belong to Betts, which has since been taken down, listed him as an employee at Chipotle Mexican Grill. In his profile, Betts described himself as “Good under pressure. Fast learner. Eager to overachieve.” Brad Howard, who said he knew Betts for almost 20 years, described him as a “nice kid” who kept to himself. “The Connor Betts that I talked to I always got along with well,”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: bellbrook; connorbetts; dayton; ohio; shooter
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1 posted on 08/04/2019 8:22:54 PM PDT by bitt
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To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; 2ndDivisionVet; azishot; ...

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2 posted on 08/04/2019 8:23:08 PM PDT by bitt (US intel is there to protect the safety and security of Americans. It is not a political tool.)
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To: bitt

When Barrack Hussein Obama was President. Just saying.


3 posted on 08/04/2019 8:25:35 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: bitt

Did the local PoPo put him on a “Watch List”?

If so, then they are covered...


4 posted on 08/04/2019 8:26:25 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: bitt

Criminal behavior should not be ignored based on age.


5 posted on 08/04/2019 8:28:00 PM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: bitt
“I know he made the list,” she said. “I’m not sure who the names were on there. … He had a plan to shoot up the school.”

Say what? He made a list but the names didn't circulate?

6 posted on 08/04/2019 8:29:21 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: bitt

Bi polar...???


7 posted on 08/04/2019 8:30:43 PM PDT by goodnesswins (White Privilege EQUALS Self Control & working 50-80 hrs/wk for 40 years!)
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To: conservative98

Another Obama mass murderer besides our troops in Afghanistan


8 posted on 08/04/2019 8:31:56 PM PDT by Kozy (new age haruspex; "Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.")
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To: goodnesswins

Drug regimen over the last 2 years?


9 posted on 08/04/2019 8:32:25 PM PDT by Paladin2
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Would be useful.


10 posted on 08/04/2019 8:52:56 PM PDT by goodnesswins (White Privilege EQUALS Self Control & working 50-80 hrs/wk for 40 years!)
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To: goodnesswins

So True, but will we ever hear about same?

Not so much...

I’m not really a conspiracy nut on most topics, but the crazy Shrinks have more than plenty of ‘splainin’ to do.


11 posted on 08/04/2019 8:58:02 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: bitt

My brother in law was dating a woman who was Betts’s case worker. He said Betts was over to her house several times. Was quiet, reserved, never violent. But weird no doubt.


12 posted on 08/04/2019 9:19:09 PM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix))
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People do cross that fine line. When they did in the past, society took harsh measures including long term involuntary confinement to protect itself. Today the society puts far more actual value of respecting the individual “rights” of the deviant, demented and even overt felons. These mass murders and many unpublicized acts of violence are a consequence of these “virtue” policies.


13 posted on 08/04/2019 9:20:19 PM PDT by allendale (.)
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To: bitt
It is interesting how many crazy people go in for studying psychology.

It's like they want to find out, "WHERE did things go wrong for me..?"

14 posted on 08/04/2019 9:22:31 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: LS

YOW!

You get around, LS!


15 posted on 08/04/2019 9:24:42 PM PDT by bitt (US intel is there to protect the safety and security of Americans. It is not a political tool.)
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To: goodnesswins

At some point, when they reach court proceedings....it’ll be laid out on the table that he has been on some type of anti-depressant or mode-enhancement drug for a year or two....maybe even the past decade.


16 posted on 08/04/2019 9:35:06 PM PDT by pepsionice
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To: LS

“My brother in law was dating a woman who was Betts’s case worker. He said Betts was over to her house several times”

Hmm, that sounds a bit unethical, and possibly dangerous. A caseworker seeing clients at her house isn’t very wise. She’s opening herself up for unscheduled visits, stalking, etc. Neutral territory, such as an office, are well advised.


17 posted on 08/04/2019 9:41:07 PM PDT by bluejean (I'm becoming a cranky old person. It really annoys me.)
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To: bitt

A mental case...I’m so shocked. /s


18 posted on 08/04/2019 9:46:19 PM PDT by Bobalu (The Nobel Peace Prize doesn't deserve Trump.)
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The creepy goon was an AntiFa type.

Connor Betts: Twitter Posts on Being a Leftist, Guns
https://heavy.com/news/2019/08/connor-betts-twitter-politics-social-media/


19 posted on 08/04/2019 9:54:36 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: bitt

Well, that bad boy is gone now and left us with nothing more than a pile of fecal matter.

Photos Released — Dead killer Connor Betts lying on sidewalk...
https://www.citizenfreepress.com/breaking/photos-released-dead-killer-connor-betts-lying-on-sidewalk/


20 posted on 08/04/2019 9:59:28 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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