shooting suspect appears in court - Kalamazoo Jason Bryan Dalton

The man who police swept Kalamazoo County gunning down victims at random this weekend appeared in court on Monday to begin to respond to charges of murder, assault and firearms.

The seemingly random violence allegedly unleashed by Jason Brian Dalton left even with refrigerated authorities. In an interview with CNN affiliate WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo County Undersheriff Paul Matyas called the shooting "your worst nightmare."

According to authorities, Dalton, married with two children, shot eight people in three locations across the county 321,000 people on Saturday night as Prosecuting Attorney Jeffrey Introduction to CNN on Monday were "very deliberate killings."

Among the killings, the driver picked Uber rates, according to a source close to the investigation.

"This is not rushed in any way or form," Getting said the shooting, two of which were captured on video. "They were intentional, deliberate and I do not mean casually done. Coldly fact is what I mean."

Dalton was charged Monday with six counts of murder, two counts of assault with intent to commit murder and eight counts of firearms.

He appeared in court via video, with dark glasses and an orange jumpsuit. He showed no emotion as the charges against him were read. A judge denied bail.

The only thing that seems to connect the victims? According to police, just come and semiautomatic pistol - which is consistent with the shell casings found in every scene, authorities said.

"There is no connection that we have been able to establish between any of the three groups of victims each other, any of the three groups of victims with the accused," Getting said CNN's "New Day". "It is what it is, well, it was random violence without provocation."

Kalamazoo victims were to buy a car, enjoying a night out

The Dalton family issued a statement, expressing his condolences to the families of the victims.

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