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Coroner: Dayton Gunman Had Drugs in System During Firefight

Associated Press

   CINCINNATI - The gunman in Dayton who killed nine people had cocaine,
   an antidepressant and alcohol in his system during the mass shooting
   and was cut down by a barrage of at least two dozen police bullets that
   penetrated gaps in his body armor, a coroner said Thursday.
   Montgomery County Coroner Dr. Kent Harshbarger said authorities found a
   pipe device and a baggie of cocaine on Connor Betts, 24. Harshbarger
   also reported in his preliminary autopsy findings that Betts had more
   than 50 entry and exit wounds.
   ``This incident involved an intense firefight that is rarely seen other
   than combat and an active-shooter incident,'' Dayton Police Chief
   Richard Biehl said. ``The officers were confronted with a moving
   shooter wearing body armor, actively executing victims with an
   AR-15-type weapon and high-capacity magazines.''

   Police bullets hit two
   The coroner said police gunfire hit two people. One of them died, but
   Harshbarger said the gunman, not police, fired the lethal round.
   Police investigators will review the medical records of the 17 who were
   wounded to determine if any of them were struck by the officers'
   bullets, Biehl said.
   Police haven't yet determined a motive for the shooting.

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