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TomCADem

(17,387 posts)
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 07:42 PM Nov 2017

Devin Kelley: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Posting social media pics of his firearms. I am sure that it was entirely normal.

https://heavy.com/news/2017/11/devin-kelley-p-sutherland-springs-church-shooter-patrick-kelly/

Devin P. Kelley, who was court martialed from the U.S. Air Force, was identified as the gunman who walked into the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, on Sunday morning and murdered at least 25 people, wounding many more.

The shooter’s name was reported through sources by The New York Times and CBS News; the latter gave his name as Devin Patrick Kelley, 26, and said the Air Force court martial occurred only three years ago. Although the motive was not yet clear, the gunman’s background includes religious school work, but he also liked pages devoted to atheism. The shooter, who is dead, left behind disturbing social media posts, including a Facebook page that showed off a rifle, calling it a “bad b*tch.”

The horrific mass shooting wounded almost everyone inside the small white church building in the town of only a few hundred people. Authorities in Sutherland Springs, Texas have confirmed that there are multiple casualties – as many as 25 were killed – after frantic social media reports described a man, now named as Kelley, 26, walking into the church in combat gear and shooting parishioners.

Other reports said as many as 27 had died. As many as 30 other people were injured, reported an ABC producer. A KSAT-TV reporter at the scene said that an “ambu-bus” had responded, which is used to transport multiple victims. Pregnant women and young children were reportedly among the victims, including the 14-year-old daughter of the pastor, who was out of town when the mass shooting occurred.
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exboyfil

(17,863 posts)
1. Nothing like one stop shopping for Texans
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 07:47 PM
Nov 2017

Get your Trucks and Guns at the same store.

He followed Hill Country Truck Store and Firearms

Probably obtained his "gear" from Body Armor Megastore - another business he followed.

BigmanPigman

(51,593 posts)
3. He shot himself after he drove off.
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 08:04 PM
Nov 2017

Big man with a gun is really a unich. I think he was trying to compensate for a lack of balls.

Squinch

(50,949 posts)
5. Thanks. Someone asked in another thread if he killed his family, which apparently
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 08:05 PM
Nov 2017

included a toddler. Do you know if he did?

ETA: they're all ball-less eunuchs.

 

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)
11. There was misinformation spread about a victim who lost his family in the shooting.
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 08:16 PM
Nov 2017

Some side chatter on CBS mentioned a name of a guy who was said to have killed his family before going to the church. He did not, in fact, shoot his family. His parents were shot and so was his little boy and he was at the hospital with them while this rumor spread.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
10. Poor little girl. God, I hate guns and I hate these spineless politicians
Sun Nov 5, 2017, 08:14 PM
Nov 2017

who refuse to do anything about this problem.

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