Posted on 11/05/2017 6:48:37 PM PST by bitt
Before he killed 26 people, Devin Kelley was sentenced to confinement and discharged from the military. Last week, he ominously showed off an assault rifle on Facebook.
Devin Patrick Kelley has been identified as the gunman who killed at least 26 people at a church in Texas, a U.S. official told The Daily Beast. A week before he committed the worst massacre at a place of worship in American history, Kelley posted a photo of a semiautomatic rifle to Facebook with the caption: “She’s a bad bitch.” Kelley entered First Baptist Church at approximately 11:30 a.m., witnesses reported, and opened fire. Officials said Kelley wore a ballistic vest and dressed in all black. A law enforcement source close to the investigation said the rifle Kelley used is similar to the one pictured but could not confirm it is the same rifle.
(Excerpt) Read more at thedailybeast.com ...
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Kelley, 26, was a resident of New Braunfels, a suburb of San Antonio, according to public records. Kelley was married and his mother-in-law listed a P.O. box in Sutherland Springs as a mailing address. A LinkedIn account appearing to belong to Kelley said he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 2009 after graduating from high school.
Kelley was discharged from the Air Force in 2014, according to Defense Department records. Kelley was court martialed in November 2012 and a judge sentenced him with a bad-conduct discharge, 12 months confinement, and two reductions in rank to basic airman, according to an appeals court decision in 2013 that affirmed the decision against Kelley.
Quit abusing the breaking news sidebar
It's Airman Basic.
Not that the editors of the daily best would know that. I am surprised his AR-15 isn't a glock by now.
He had a Facebook account. That’s gone. He had a Twitter account. That’s gone. If he used those websites, then I think it goes without saying he probably left his name at other sites, but damn if I can find it. Funny how that happens, ID is completely erased except what the MSM tells us.
So Bad Conduct Discharge or Dishonorable Discharge?
I’ve now heard both...
Bad conduct disharge (aka the Big Chicken Dinner) is equivalent of a felony if my memory serves me well.
how bad would you have to screw up to get 12 months of confinement?
“Bad conduct disharge (aka the Big Chicken Dinner) is equivalent of a felony if my memory serves me well.”
That is a Dishonorable Discharge.
Tongue in cheek: gotta wonder if the gun he used was from Fast & Furious.
Funny how guns show up that people aren’t supposed to be able to get. Like the FBI gun that killed Seth Rich...
If it were racis or pro-trump they would swiftly tell us. Over and over.
Isn’t it no firearms for a DD, but not a BCD?
I’m reading in Twitter that the bad conduct discharge was because he assaulted his wife and child.
“Isn’t it no firearms for a DD, but not a BCD?”
Correct. As I understand.
A DD is given by a General Courtmartial.
A BCD can be given by a General or Special.
It is not an Assault Rifle. (not that there’s anything wrong with that)
It is a Semiautomatic Rifle, NOT a Select Fire Military Weapon...
It just “looks” like an Assault Rifle which is good enough for a Liberal so called Journalist.
After the deserter Bergdahl's non sentence that's a great unanswered question in today's military.
He didn’t get 24 months confinement for just general “Bad Conduct”
What was the Article of the UCMJ charged, and what were the specifications?
Anyone know?
They're the worst type of vermin.
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