An Uber driver accused of shooting and killing six people and injuring two others while pleaded guilty to all charges on Jan. 7
An Uber driver accused of shooting and killing six people and injuring two others while pleaded guilty to all charges on Jan. 7 after he initially blamed the ride-sharing company’s app for compelling him to kill.
Jason Dalton, 48, was charged with 16 counts, including six counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder, during his shooting spree on Feb. 20,2016, in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Two months later, a judge ruled that Dalton was mentally competent to stand trial after psychiatrists said he understood the charges against him.
Prosecutors later said Dalton’s attorney, Eusebio Solis, told them the defendant intended to file a motion to use the insanity defense. But he later changed his plea to guilty.
“It took me a little by surprise ’cause throughout our discussions he was intent on going to trial,” said Solis, WOOD-TV reported . “Though I think he was influenced these last few days by his family. He didn’t want to put his family through it as well as the family of the victims.”
After his guilty plea on Monday, Dalton faces a life sentence without parole, Kalamazoo Prosecuting Attorney Jeffrey Getting said in a statement, Reuters reported .
