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Man Pleads Guilty To 6 Murders In Kalamazoo Area in 2016

WKAR Public Media | By Associated Press,
Sehvilla Mann
Published January 7, 2019 at 11:49 AM EST
Jason Dalton
ROBBIE FEINBERG
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WMUK
Jason Dalton

A man charged with killing six strangers between picking up rides for Uber has pleaded guilty to murder in southwestern Michigan. 

Jason Dalton's surprise guilty pleas occurred as lawyers and a judge planned to pick a jury Monday in Kalamazoo County court.

Dalton was charged with murder and attempted murder.

He admits shooting eight people in three locations in the Kalamazoo area in 2016.

After Dalton's arrest, police quoted him as saying a "devil figure" on Uber's app was controlling him on the day of the shootings.
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Sehvilla Mann joined WMUK’s news team in January 2014 as a reporter on the local government and education beats. Before that she covered a variety of topics, including environmental issues, for Bloomington, Indiana NPR and PBS affiliates WFIU and WTIU. She’s also written and produced stories for the Pacifica Network and WYSO Public Radio in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Sehvilla holds a B.A. in French from Earlham College and an M.A. in journalism from Indiana University.
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