The mass shooting in Dayton isn’t getting nearly the attention that the mass shooting in El Paso is, and if you ask the brave firefighters in the media, it’s because the El Paso shooter left a manifesto so we know his act was politically motivated; the Dayton guy? It could have been anything.

We are learning more about him, and his former girlfriend has stepped forward to speak with the Associated Press. She described the shooting suspect as often joking about “dark thoughts,” and on their first date, he set the mood by putting on video of the Tree of Life synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh.

JUST IN: An ex-girlfriend of the Dayton mass shooter says that he showed her videos of the Pittsburgh Synagogue shooting on their first date. https://t.co/0UM1wy10fW — Tim Williams (@realtimwilliams) August 6, 2019

This is so sick I hope she ran away fast. — Christopher Higgins (@chris431124) August 6, 2019

Their FIRST date. She thought it was a good idea to have more then one date with that psychopath. — audrey karadus (@audrey0146) August 6, 2019

And how was that not an only date? — JE (@ipswichdude) August 6, 2019

woaaa. back up just a second. A guy shows her videos of shooting and she thinks "yeah, this guy is a keeper!" ?!?!?! — Pedant Dog (@Denise97746038) August 6, 2019

And she still decided to go on a second date? — ????????? (@GummiCuir) August 6, 2019

Wait…and she continued to date him. Wtf — lily hom ?? (@vegan_gal) August 6, 2019

What? So did she actually go an another date after the first? — EndPlasticPollution (@uporoff) August 6, 2019

So that didn’t register as a MAJOR red flag for her… since she still ended up dati- ? — Alicia ? (@JadoreAlii) August 6, 2019

I hope that was the end of the relationship because that’s sick. — commonsense (@commonsense258) August 6, 2019

And there was a 2nd date??? Wtf — Payton Butkus (@bdub237) August 6, 2019

Curious why that would lead to a second date? — Canuduh (@canuduh73) August 6, 2019

And there was a second date? — LYHouston ? (@h_houston634) August 6, 2019

Sure hope there wasn’t a second date. — Bob (@poolboybob) August 6, 2019

“….and only” I hope — FTW4EVER (@jjs1951) August 6, 2019

Apparently, that wasn’t the end of their relationship. She told the AP he told her that he had bipolar disorder, and she wasn’t frightened of his darker musings because she thought it was a symptom of his mental illness.

Sounds like a nice fella. — Drew O'Neil (@Ajaxjambo) August 6, 2019

Makes me sick. — Brandon Cleary (@BrandonCleary1) August 6, 2019

If you see something.. — Darin Downs (@DDowns99) August 6, 2019

And she told no one. — zangd (@skyperjane5) August 6, 2019

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