KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) – Jason Dalton lived with his wife and two kids in a small ranch-style house in a rural area of Michigan and shuttled people around the Kalamazoo area for the ride-sharing service Uber.
The 45-year-old former insurance adjustor had no known criminal history before he was arrested Sunday in a series of seemingly random shootings that killed six people, including a father and son shopping at a car dealership and a retired teacher at a restaurant. He’s expected to appear in court Monday on murder charges.
Dalton never showed any signs of violence around neighbors.
“The guy was a family man that for all intents and purposes seemed to stick with his family,” said Gary Pardo Jr., whose parents live across the street from Dalton in Kalamazoo Township.
Police from several agencies were seeking a motive behind the shootings, which started Saturday evening outside an apartment complex on the eastern edge of Kalamazoo County where a woman was wounded.