Dayton Ohio shooting – Faces of victims murdered by Connor Betts, 24, who shot dead 9 including his own SISTER
THE victims slaughtered by Connor Betts - including his own sister - have been revealed after his gun rampage at an Ohio bar.
The 24-year-old, from Bellbrook, opened fire with a high-powered rifle outside a drinking spot in the town of Dayton - just 12 hours after another gunman shot dead 20 in a Texas Walmart.
Cops neutralised the killer by fatally shooting him approximately 30 seconds after he gunned down revellers enjoying a Saturday night out.
Police formally identified the shooter as Connor Betts and named all nine victims - including his own 22-year-old sister Megan Betts.
Six of the nine victims were African American but police said they don't think it was targeted discrimination because of the short timeline of the massacre.
Donald Trump said on Sunday that "hate has no place in our country" as the tragedy in Dayton comes after a mass shooting in a Texas Walmart left 20 dead just a few miles from the Mexican border.
Megan, the shooter's sister, was a student studying environmental science at Wright State University, according to WSU spokesman Seth Bauguess.
She was described as a "very positive person" who never brought up her brother, her former manager Daniel Cottrell said.
Donna Johnson, his aunt, described as a "gentle giant" as "Everybody loved him. He was like a big kid".
Monica Storey Brickhouse and Beatrice Warren-Curtis .
was out with family when he was shot.
has been described as the "world’s best son" as Danita Turner said her son as both “sweet and smart.”
Bellbrook police chief Doug Doherty said Connor Betts had lived on the street, and that the house and several vehicles on the property are being searched.
Brad Howard, a neighbour who knew Betts for at least 20 years, told NBC News the shooter as a “nice guy and the news came as a “total surprise”.
"I was very shocked," he said. "We all evacuated quickly and safely. We were told to avoid the Oregon district."
"I got to my car, I could see cops, multiple ambulances. When I drove past I saw a lot of cops and ambulances."
Nikita Papillon, 23, was across the street at Newcom's Tavern when the shooting started.
She said she saw a girl she had talked to earlier lying outside Ned Peppers Bar.
Papillon said: "She had told me she liked my outfit and thought I was cute, and I told her I liked her outfit and I thought she was cute.
"People my age, we don't think something like this is going to happen. And when it happens, words can't describe it."
She herself had been to Ned Peppers the night before, describing it as the kind of place "where you don't have to worry about someone shooting up the place."
Tianycia Leonard, 28, was in the back, smoking, at Newcom's.
She heard "loud thumps" that she initially thought was someone pounding on a dumpster.
She said: "It was so noisy, but then you could tell it was gunshots and there was a lot of rounds."
The Ned Peppers is described on its website as a “traditional western-ish themed bar". Cops said the Oregon district was a popular and usually very safe section of the city.
'DON'T NORMALISE THIS'
President Donald Trump paid tribute to the victims of two shootings, tweeting: "God bless the people of El Paso Texas.
"God bless the people of Dayton, Ohio."
Singer Lizzo has said it was a "close call" for her family, who lives in the Western Ohio city.
She tweeted: "Just got off the phone w/ fam in Dayton... it was a close call for them but that's not the case for 9 other families between this & the terrorist attack in El Paso & recent other shootings.
"I feel completely helpless.. make noise & bring awareness.. vote.. don't normalize this."
On Saturday, the attack near the Cielo Vista Mall left 20 dead and dozens more injured.
The second mass shooting in 24 hours is likely to further spark debate around America's controversial gun laws.
The vast majority of US citizens are allowed to buy and keep firearms without restriction.
Thirty-one states - including Ohio - allow "open carry", the open carrying of a handgun without any licence or permit, although in some cases the gun must be unloaded.
Ohio moderately strengthened its gun laws in 2018 by expanding domestic violence protection orders to include dating partners.
But according to campaign group , the state still lacks a number of basic gun safety laws.
Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown's statement on the Dayton shooting
"As Ohio wakes up this morning to the news of this horrific attack, [my wife] Connie and I are filled with sadness for the victims and their families and gratitude for the police officers who responded to the scene and the medical professionals caring for the injured.
"We are also angry - angry that shooting after shooting, politicians in Washington and Columbus refuse to pass sensible gun-safety laws to protect our communities.
"We are still learning about the attack in Dayton and we don't know exactly what, if anything, could have prevented this specific tragedy.
"But we know thoughts and prayers are not enough, we have a responsility to act.";
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