Man charged with killing six in Michigan had many guns

A prosecutor filed six counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder against 45-year-old Jason Dalton of Kalamazoo Township in western Michigan in a series of shootings.

A federal agent says many long guns and handguns were seized from Dalton's home.

The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is assisting state and local police. A spokesman in Detroit, Donald Dawkins, says there's no indication that Dalton was prohibited from possessing guns.

Dalton, who worked as an Uber driver, was charged with murder and attempted murder Monday in a series of shootings over the weekend in the Kalamazoo area. Two people who survived are in the hospital.

The shootings occurred in a restaurant parking lot, outside an apartment building and at a car lot.

Kalamazoo County Sheriff Richard Fuller says the actions of the first shooting victim during the weekend rampage in western Michigan protected several children.

Fuller told The Associated Press on Monday the woman was outside with three or four children Saturday at an apartment complex's playground. When a man approached them in a car and she sensed trouble, Fuller said she put herself between the car and the children and told them to run to their nearby home.

Authorities say the woman was shot multiple times and severely injured. Fuller says she has had surgeries and is improving but has a long road to recovery.

Dalton was arrested Sunday in Kalamazoo. Police say the rampage began about 6 p.m. Saturday outside an apartment complex, where a woman was seriously wounded. A little more than four hours later, a father and son were fatally shot while looking at vehicles at a car dealership.

Fifteen minutes after that, five people were shot in the parking lot of a Cracker Barrel restaurant.

The suspect is expected to make an initial court appearance later Monday. The prosecutor's office says it doesn't know if Dalton has an attorney.