more victims of the dayton and el paso shooting remembered im just speechless adelia johnson the exgirlfriend of alleged shooter conner betts speaks to abc news following the mass shooting in dayton ohio aug 6 2019 johnson 24 said that she dated the suspected shooter who authorities have identified as connor betts for about two months this spring he felt like he sucked and there really wasnt much of a point in living adelia johnson told reporters on tuesday he talked about current events and world tragedies like people talk about world war ii and history abc news he was interested in what makes terrible people do terrible things she said when asked if she knew that he planned to commit a mass shooting or anything of the like she said i wouldnt have dated him if he wanted to more dayton gunman had a history of obsessions with violent ideations police chief johnson said she did know that he had guns but didnt find that surprising it was just something he was fascinated by johnson said in spite of being fascinated by tragedies she said that he didnt seem confused about whether they were bad or good he knew that they were horrific and he wanted to know what led a person to do those things she said she said that mental illness was actually a point that we kind of bonded over she said adding that she has previously spent time in a mental hospital i knew that he had them she said of his guns but its the midwest so its not real big news for people to have guns him talking about suicide and having suicidal thoughts that wasnt a scary thing for me she said adding that to my knowledge when we were dating there werent any suicide attempts they met in a class at sinclair community college in january she said and started dating in midmarch before breaking up in midmay he knew that they were bad the exgirlfriend of the suspected shooter who opened fire in dayton this weekend said that they spoke openly about mental illness and suicidal thoughts she said that he even showed her a video of a recent mass shooting on their first date johnson shared her thoughts about betts hours after investigators gave an update saying that he allegedly had a history of obsessions with violent ideations and that he expressed the desire to commit a mass shooting