'Mass shooting' reported at Sutherland Springs church in Texas

[CaliCat 3,957]

56 minutes ago, Beachlover said:

Was this church a gun free zone?

 

Texas has lenient gun laws I believe.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2017/09/10/8-reportedly-shot-death-plano-home-suspect-killed-police

 

Unverified assumption, apparently.

[CaliCat 3,957]

Death toll: 20 so far.

 

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/05/us/texas-church-shooting/index.html

[X Factor 1,112]

27 dead at the moment. Crazy

[X Factor 1,112]

The killer's name is Devon Patrick Kelly

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I'm waiting for first reports that link him to IS....

[CaliCat 3,957]

31 minutes ago, X Factor said:

The killer's name is Devon Patrick Kelly

 

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

 

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 #####.”

 

 

 

Edited November 5, 2017 by CaliCat

[Boiler 45,837]

2 hours ago, CaliCat said:

 

Anything to mock the death of tens of people killed by gun violence. There appears to be a parallel between the state of mind of the shooters and those mocking the dead.

Then why do you do it?

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[JimandChristy 1,689]

4 minutes ago, Boiler said:

These people were in church, praying to God and it didn't stop them from getting mowed down. There wasn't even a good guy with a gun.

[Boiler 45,837]

4 minutes ago, JimandChristy said:

These people were in church, praying to God and it didn't stop them from getting mowed down. There wasn't even a good guy with a gun.

Did not somebody get him on the way out? Must admit the lack of a CC holder worried me too.

[JimandChristy 1,689]

1 minute ago, Boiler said:

Did not somebody get him on the way out? Must admit the lack of a CC holder worried me too.

Don't need CC holders in other first world countries.

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Stab vests?

[Ban Hammer 13,465]

22 minutes ago, JimandChristy said:

These people were in church, praying to God and it didn't stop them from getting mowed down. There wasn't even a good guy with a gun.

and from the link by calicat, it seems there was........

 

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Authorities revealed that a heroic and unidentified citizen in the church “grabbed his rifle and confronted the suspect,” who was armed with a “Ruger AR assault type rifle.” The local citizen pursued the suspect, who ran off the road and crashed and was found deceased in his vehicle. “We don’t know if it was a self inflicted gunshot wound or if he was shot by our local resident who engaged him with gunfire,” authorities said. It was the largest mass shooting in Texas history.

 

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20 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Must admit the lack of a CC holder worried me too.

https://www.ksat.com/news/woman-says-boyfriend-gave-chase-to-sutherland-springs-church-shooting-suspect

Edited November 6, 2017 by Beachlover

[Steeleballz 7,550]

3 hours ago, Boiler said:

 

   Firearms account for close to 70% of homicides per year on average in the USA. That's more than twice as many as homicides committed by vehicles, blunt objects, knifes, hands, fists, feet, being thrown out of a window, explosives and poison combined. Might as well stop running from the facts because you can't hide from them.