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Uber says suspected Kalamazoo rampage gunman was driver for service

Click to play video: 'Uber driver accused of killing 6 in ‘random’ shootings in Kalamazoo'
Uber driver accused of killing 6 in ‘random’ shootings in Kalamazoo
WATCH ABOVE: Police say 45-year-old Jason Dalton killed at least six people during a rampage that lasted nearly seven hours. Authorities could not say what motivated Dalton, who they said had no criminal record, to target victims who had no apparent connection to him or to each other. Don Champion reports – Feb 22, 2016

KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Uber says the man suspected of going on a western Michigan shooting rampage that left six people dead was one of its drivers.

But spokeswoman Nairi Hourdajian wouldn’t say Sunday whether 45-year-old Jason Dalton was driving for the ride-sharing service Saturday night when the shootings occurred outside an apartment complex, car dealership and restaurant in and around Kalamazoo.

Uber Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan says in a statement that the company is “horrified and heartbroken” and that Uber has offered assistance in the investigation.

READ MORE: Suspect in custody after 6 killed in shootings in Kalamazoo, Michigan

Kalamazoo County Prosecutor Jeff Getting says authorities are investigating a Facebook post saying the suspect was an Uber driver driving erratically around the time of the shootings. He declined to elaborate.

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Uber’s firearms policy prohibits both drivers and passengers from carrying firearms in an Uber vehicle.

WATCH BELOW: Authorities say a gunman who authorities believe chose victims at random shot people in the parking lots of a western Michigan apartment complex, car dealership and restaurant, killing at least seven during a nearly five-hour rampage, including a 14-year-old girl.
Click to play video: '45-year-old man arrested in Kalamazoo shooting spree after massive manhunt'
45-year-old man arrested in Kalamazoo shooting spree after massive manhunt

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