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Police have found no motive for shooting rampage

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KALAMAZOO, MI (AP)--   A law enforcement official says investigators haven't found a reason for the southwestern Michigan shooting rampage that left six people dead and two severely wounded.  

Kalamazoo County Undersheriff Paul Matyas told The Associated Press Thursday a motive remains elusive five days into the investigation. That includes multiple interviews with Jason Dalton, the man police say admitted to Saturday's Kalamazoo-area slayings and faces murder and attempted murder charges.

Authorities say Dalton ferried passengers as an Uber driver the evening of the attacks. A passenger says he reported Dalton's erratic driving to police shortly before the shootings began, and the recklessness started after he received a phone call.

Matyas says that call doesn't appear to be "any type of trigger mechanism" for the crimes.

Dalton's attorney, Eusebio Solis, has declined to discuss the case. Paul Vlachos, a lawyer representing other members of Dalton's family, tells ABC's "Good Morning America" that Dalton was acting depressed leading up to the shootings but they also know of no motive.

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