KALAMAZOO, MICH. (WKZO-AM/FM) — A judge is considering whether to allow possibly incriminating statements at trial that were made by the suspected gunman in a shooting rampage that left six dead across the Kalamazoo area.
Uber driver Jason Dalton told detectives the rideshare company’s smartphone app took control of his body Feb. 20 and prompted him to kill in between fares, but his defense attorney, Eusebio Solis, claims statements made after his arrest came after he said 25 times he didn’t want to speak.
Solis claims Dalton’s constitutional rights were violated.
Judge Alexander Lipsey will rule by next Thursday whether to allow those statements at the 46-year-old’s trial, which is slated for June.
Dalton is accused of wounding a mother outside a townhome complex, killing a father and son at a car dealership and killing four women and wounding a teenage girl outside a Cracker Barrel restaurant.
Dalton has entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. He faces 16 felonies, including six counts of murder.
