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Megan Betts, Connor Betts’ Sister, Found Dead With Boyfriend (Dayton, OH)
Heavy ^ | August 4, 2019

Posted on 08/04/2019 11:04:16 AM PDT by maggief

Megan Betts, the sister of Connor Betts, the man who killed nine people at Ned Peppers bar in Dayton, Ohio on August 3, was found dead alongside her boyfriend. She was 22 years old.

NBC News’ Pete Williams reported, via, Andrew Blankstein, that Megan and her boyfriend had been found fatally shot in a car. Dayton Police Chief Richard Biehl has said that Megan and her boyfriend were not in a car when they were found dead. At the time of writing, Megan’s boyfriend has not been identified.

Authorities believe that Conor Betts opened fire on a crowd at a bar in Dayton’s Oregon District, killing nine people and wounding dozens more. Megan Betts was one of those who was shot dead. Betts was then shot dead by responding officers, officials said. In a press conference, authorities said that the suspect was wearing body armor and extra ammunition on him at the time he was shot.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; connorbetts; dayton; meganbetts; mentalillness; nra; ohio; secondamendment
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To: frank ballenger

The use of the term of art of “News Stories” always has driven me crazy.

Reporters should write Reports.

Gerbilists should write Opinion Pieces in their Journals.

And Fiction Writers should write Stories and Non-Fiction Writers should “tell” Stories.


81 posted on 08/04/2019 12:00:48 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: greatvikingone

He was autistic/aspbergers
They have no empathy, warmth,can’t form relationships etc
They have no self control
Like babies who are a tad more cognizant and respond with violent outbursts
Sister probably scolded him and then bam!


82 posted on 08/04/2019 12:01:49 PM PDT by richardthelionheart
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To: be-baw

I’d bet money the feds had at least one of these shooters on their “watch” list. Or rather “do nothing” list.

The Boston Bombers were on the “watch” list. Russia, England and Saudi Arabia told Mueller time and time again about them and he did nothing.

The San Bernardino shooters were on the “watch” list, etc. I was listening to the police scanner online and heard one cop say they’d been told about the guy two weeks prior.


83 posted on 08/04/2019 12:02:01 PM PDT by bgill
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To: txhurl

“... it’s never happy circumstances, is it...”

So true, FRiend.


84 posted on 08/04/2019 12:02:05 PM PDT by maggief
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To: 50sDad

And that’s the problem!

The truth is we really can’t treat mental illness very well at all. Its not like treating the flu. Pretending that it is leads to these kind of things.


85 posted on 08/04/2019 12:02:08 PM PDT by Reily
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To: Reily

Well the media is asking the question “was this a copycat crime?” Obviously not. Regular gun owners like me who like to shoot targets and occasionally go hunting do not own bullet-proof vests (as has been reported that he was wearing).

Unless he bought the vest in the few hours after El Paso - he was planning something like this for awhile. A Nut.


86 posted on 08/04/2019 12:02:17 PM PDT by DJlaysitup (...oh well...)
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To: Paladin2

Narratives...

For the non-Fiction Writers.


87 posted on 08/04/2019 12:02:44 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Mr.Unique

Of course.


88 posted on 08/04/2019 12:02:57 PM PDT by pnut22
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To: mumblypeg

What meds was he off?

89 posted on 08/04/2019 12:03:02 PM PDT by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: fella

Yeah, I had the same frustration until I went back and realized the reporter was just trying to cite two conflicting accounts:

“NBC News’ Pete Williams reported, via, Andrew Blankstein, that Megan and her boyfriend had been found fatally shot in a car. Dayton Police Chief Richard Biehl has said that Megan and her boyfriend were not in a car when they were found dead.”

Inserting a sentence after the first sentence along the lines of “However, this conflicts with information on the couple from Dayton police.” would have helped the reader understand that there were differing reports.

Of course, choosing who to believe between NBC News and the Dayton Police Department isn’t going to be particularly difficult.


90 posted on 08/04/2019 12:04:28 PM PDT by Captain Rhino (Determined effort today forges tomorrow.)
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To: richardthelionheart

because it is not PC. You’ll get backlash here, too.
I agree with you, by the way.


91 posted on 08/04/2019 12:04:46 PM PDT by ronniesgal (so I wonder what his FR handle is????)
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To: be-baw
The sad fact is, “see something, say something” isn’t working. The FBI is notorious for being nonchalant and unresponsive about reports to them.

It's the signal to noise ratio is overwhelming. Real threats fall through the cracks because everyone is reporting everything. "FBI, I need to report a man speaking a funny language. He might be a terrorist." This stuff.

92 posted on 08/04/2019 12:04:49 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: pnut22

He voted in special, primary and general elections. For his age, he voted a LOT. Registered Democrat.


93 posted on 08/04/2019 12:06:21 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: DJlaysitup

Yep!

and now famous!
another possible motivation.


94 posted on 08/04/2019 12:07:15 PM PDT by Reily
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To: greatvikingone

yes, that was not right! i don’t know why RR did that.


95 posted on 08/04/2019 12:07:35 PM PDT by ronniesgal (so I wonder what his FR handle is????)
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To: maggief
Exposed to leftist ideology and hate all his life. I said it last nite, I'd bet my life that the shooter (El Paso at the time) was a hardened leftist or a product of leftist ideology all of his life. Same way with this maggot.

this is the world that the leftists have created. Hate filled, full of death, destruction and depravity.

96 posted on 08/04/2019 12:08:25 PM PDT by LibertyWoman
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To: richardthelionheart

He was autistic/aspbergers
They have no empathy, warmth,can’t form relationships etc
They have no self control
Like babies who are a tad more cognizant and respond with violent outbursts
Sister probably scolded him and then bam!

I find this very dangerous to place the blame on people with autism. I have a son with autism and he can barely tie his shoes, much less plot and kill and even know HOW to use a gun to harm anyone. Once we start blaming one group or another for this violence, we’re doing the same thing they’re doing on the Left. Soon it will be dangerous to be white, autistic, Christian, pro-gun, or conservative ....keep labeling and see what good any of that does.


97 posted on 08/04/2019 12:08:56 PM PDT by LibsRJerks
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To: aquila48

Bingo. There is very actual news reporting today. Very little. The factual “who, what, when, and where” news reporting I grew up with decades ago just does not exist in this modern PC climate where 97% of journalists are Democrats.


98 posted on 08/04/2019 12:09:50 PM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (What profits a man if he gains the world but loses his soul?)
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To: LibsRJerks

Autism has a wide spectrum of behaviors.


99 posted on 08/04/2019 12:10:39 PM PDT by Reily
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To: PghBaldy

I saw 8 or so. I guess that is a lot.


100 posted on 08/04/2019 12:11:12 PM PDT by pnut22
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