Dayton, Ohio: 9 People Dead, 26 Injured in ‘Less Than a Minute’
Americans, many still with broken hearts over the slaughter of 20 people at an El Paso, Texas Walmart, are responding to waking up to news that nine more people were shot to death at a bar in Dayton, Ohio. It is the second mass shooting in less than 24 hours, and the 250th mass shooting this year.
Mayor Nan Whaley at an early morning news conference (photo above) revealed the gunman, who was shot dead, “was able to kill 9 people and injure 26 in less than a minute.”
Multiple reports say the shooter wore body armor and had additional high-capacity magazines. His identity has not yet been released.
“If Dayton Police had not gotten to the shooter in under a minute,” Mayor Whaley said, “hundreds of people in the Oregon District could be dead today.”
Right now every one of the top 10 trending items on Twitter is about Dayton and/or El Paso.
Here’s how some are responding to the early morning news: