She told the court that she still sees his face when she goes to sleep and said: ‘I hurt every single day’.
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Last month Dalton was found mentally competent to stand trial, and today’s hearing was expected to determine if there was enough evidence to move Dalton’s case to trial court, The Associated Press reported.
Kalamazoo County Deputies remove Jason Dalton after an outburst during his preliminary examination in district court on Friday, May 20, 2016 in Kalamazoo, Mich.more +.
The preliminary hearing for Jason Dalton is slated to begin around 9 a.m. ClickOnDetroit.com will live stream it.
After the accused killer quieted down, a lawyer asked Carruthers if she was ready to start again – but Dalton couldn’t keep his mouth shut for long.
The Uber driver accused of shooting eight people, killing six, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, had to be escorted out of court Friday.
Police have quoted Dalton as saying a “devil figure” on Uber’s app was controlling him on the night of the shootings. His outburst appeared to be incoherent. Judge Christopher Haenicke cut him off and called a recess after he said, “It’s time to get to temple”.
“I began to run toward anywhere, just to take cover”. “My body doesn’t look real”.
Prosecutor Jeff Getting said no plea deals would be offered.
Cornish testified that she witnessed the shooting of her boyfriend and his father, Rich Smith as they were looking at a truck in the parking lot of Seelye Automotive on Stadium Drive, around 10:08 p.m. Cornish went to Tyler Smith, pulled a cell phone from his pocket and called 911.
“He pulled out the gun and started shooting”, she said. And about 15 minutes later, four people were killed and a 14-year-old girl was critically wounded at a Cracker Barrel parking lot in nearby Texas Township.
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“She was slouched in the floorboard of the passenger seat as though she was hiding”, Brooks said. He and another officer tried to help Abigail, wrapping her badly injured head.
