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  • 2019-09-23 (xsd:date)
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  • Yes, Dayton shooter used large drum magazine holding 100 bullets (en)
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  • A meme circulating on Facebook shows two black cylindrical shapes that hold two rows of bullets. The text reads: This is what a 100-round drum magazine looks like from the Dayton Shooting. Authorities say he had a 223-cal rifle with this attached. The photo was also shared by investigative journalist Nick Penzenstadler on Twitter. It has been retweeted over 8,000 times. On 4 August 2019, a 24-year-old man, Connor Betts, opened fire in a busy area of Dayton, a city in the US state of Ohio. In less than a minute he killed nine people and injured 27. Betts was subsequently killed by the police. Does the photo shared widely on social media show a 100-round drum magazine and did Betts use something like it in his gruesome attack? Image matches police details According to Richard Biehl , the chief of the Dayton police department, and official police accounts, Betts carried a .223-caliber assault rifle with a double drum magazine which had a capacity of 100 rounds. A reverse image search shows that the image used in the meme is of a type of high-capacity magazine for firearms. The Dayton shooter had a 100-round drum magazine attached to his assault rifle which might very well have looked like the one in the meme. – Africa Check (en)
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