A screen grab from a surveillance video shows several officers (top left and right) firing at and killing Connor Betts (bottom left at doorway) seconds after he began killing people outside a bar in Dayton, Ohio. Photo: Dayton Police Department via EPA-EFE
A screen grab from a surveillance video shows several officers (top left and right) firing at and killing Connor Betts (bottom left at doorway) seconds after he began killing people outside a bar in Dayton, Ohio. Photo: Dayton Police Department via EPA-EFE
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Ohio gunman Connor Betts ‘showed her synagogue shooting video on first date’, says ex-girlfriend Adelia Johnson

  • Betts ‘shared his darkness’ with her after they grew close in social psychology class and bonded over ‘depression humour’
  • Johnson found it strange when Betts gave her ‘play-by-play’ of video but ‘not too weird’ as they often discussed serial killers in class

Tribune News Service
Tribune News Service

Updated: 9:00pm, 7 Aug, 2019

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A screen grab from a surveillance video shows several officers (top left and right) firing at and killing Connor Betts (bottom left at doorway) seconds after he began killing people outside a bar in Dayton, Ohio. Photo: Dayton Police Department via EPA-EFE
A screen grab from a surveillance video shows several officers (top left and right) firing at and killing Connor Betts (bottom left at doorway) seconds after he began killing people outside a bar in Dayton, Ohio. Photo: Dayton Police Department via EPA-EFE
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