Bizarre Shooting Spree Ends in Death of Michigan Man

Family members of a Walker man, killed while he slept in his vehicle alongside a roadway in Oregon, are reacting with sadness and disbelief to his death.

David Jesse Hortman was out in Oregon representing his employer when he decided to stay a week longer to enjoy the sights.  The Associated Press is reporting http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2014/08/oregon.html#incart_river]that Hortman was among five vehicles shot at early Tuesday morning in the parking lot of Bastendorff Beach.

Police identified the shooter as 34 year old Zachary Levi Brimhall, who later took his own life.  A search of his vehicle turned up several firearms and bomb-making materials.

Prior to the drive-by shootings that claimed Hortman's life, Brimhall is believed to have shot and killed his father in a remote campsite.

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