Texas Church Shooter Claimed He Used Dogs As Target Practice, Says Former Colleague

Yahoo News ^ | November 10, 2017 | Hilary Hanson

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Jessika Edwards told CNN that she and Devin Kelley worked together at Hollomon Air Force Base in New Mexico from 2010 to 2012. Kelley was released from the military on a bad-conduct discharge in 2014 after serving time for assaulting his wife and stepson.

Edwards said that when the two made contact on Facebook in 2014, Kelley said he had been purchasing dogs through Craigslist and then using them for “target practice.”

While in the Air Force, she said, Kelley was preoccupied with mass murders and made jokes about killing people. ..."

In 2014, the same year he allegedly made the gruesome claim to Edwards, Kelley was cited for cruelty to animals in El Paso County, Colorado.

Multiple witnesses said they saw Kelley beating a husky with his fists before dragging the dog away by the neck, The Denver Post reported.

The county sheriff who responded to the incident noted back then that it seemed like Kelley was underfeeding the dog.

A woman who was his neighbor at the time told The New York Times that she remembers Kelley keeping his dog tied up outside in the sun with no water.

Kelley also had a history of domestic violence. The assaults that resulted in his Air Force discharge included striking his toddler stepson “severely enough that he fractured his skull,” according to the Times.

And the Sutherland Springs massacre occurred after Kelley had sent threatening texts to his mother-in-law, who sometimes attended that church.

Experts say that both cruelty to animals and domestic violence can be predictors of other forms of violence.

[Dawgreg]

Somebody should have killed that SOB long ago and all this sadness and grief and well-being of animals could have been spared. Some people just need to die.........

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

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[gaijin]

He came from a really poor family, right?

Uh...no he did NOT.

The family home is almost 4,000 square feet on 28 acres and has two big out-buildings:

Nice pool.

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He apparently lived in a converted barn. That cream colored building on the left I would imagine.

[Hot Tabasco]

Uh...no he did NOT.

You sure that's his family's house?

[Hot Tabasco]

Uh...no he did NOT.

You sure that's his family's house?

[Hot Tabasco]

How about providing a link to that photo......

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You sure that’s his family’s house?

According to the New York Times, yes.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/us/devin-patrick-kelley-texas.html

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You sure that’s his family’s house?

However, he apparently lived in a converted barn on the property. Probably that cream colored building on the left.

[libstripper]

What did the family know, and when did they know it??? Looks like their present wealth is like an ice cube in the Saudi desert.

[gaijin]

OK hot-shot:

http://www.statesman.com/news/scenes-from-new-braunfels-home-church-shooting-suspect/JQdqCPvaAZcm6Ug26MGkiM/

[Brown Deer]

His grandfather was...

El Paso Times (TX) - Thursday, April 26, 2007
JOHN PATRICK IVEY, loving and devoted husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, uncle and dear friend entered into eternal rest on April 25, 2007 at the age of 85 years. He was born on November 29, 1921 in Eastland County, Texas to the late King Benjamin (K.B.) and Marie Ivey. John was a resident of El Paso County since 1923. He graduated high school as salutatorian in 1938 and in 1943 graduated from Texas A&M University with a degree in Aeronautical Engineering. During World War II, John designed aircrafts for McDonald Douglas Corporation, Naval Aircraft Division. In August 1947 John met Rosalie Blanche Blackwell and they were married on May 14, 1949. John was involved in farming and was the owner of Southwest Fertilizer Company, which subsequently sold to W.R. Grace Inc. From 1962 to 2002 Mr. Ivey was the managing partner of several family farm partnerships, guiding them into commercial and residential land development. Mr. Ivey was the Director of Hotel Dieu Hospital, El Paso Chamber of Commerce, Mesa Equipment Company, A&M Research Center and Sun World Savings & Loan. Mr. Ivey was the President of the Buckhorn Coal Company and Creator of GAIN (Greater Agriculture Income Now). John loved skiing, tennis, dancing, traveling and learning. He was preceded in death by his parents and brothers, Ben, Paul and William Ivey.

Mr. Ivey is survived by his beautiful wife of 58 years, Rosalie Blackwell Ivey; sons, John Patrick Ivey II and wife Karen of El Paso and David Herbert Ivey and wife Theresa of Longview, Washington; daughters, Sheila Ivey Carter and husband, Charles of Georgetown, Texas, Rebecca Ivey Kelley and husband Michael “Mickey” of New Braunfels, Texas, Cherie “Mimi” Ivey Epstein and husband Paul of Pensacola, Florida.

Fourteen grandchildren, Damien John Ivey, Jade Spalding, Sadie Rose Epstein, Sara Kaye Epstein, Savannah Grace Epstein, Lauren Rachel Kelley- Gadberry and husband Aaron,
Devin Patrick Kelley,
Lillian Claire Kelley, Cherie Anne Carter, Alissa Kaye Carter-Gibbs and husband James, Charles Russell Carter, Jillian Ashley Ivey, Lindsay Nicole Ivey and Katelyn Shawn Ivey; great-granddaughter, Amber Rose Gibbs; brothers, Harold, Charles and James Ivey. Other survivors include numerous nieces and nephews and a host of dear friends. The Ivey Family will receive relatives and friends on Friday, April 27, 2007 from 5:00 to 9:00 PM in the Chapel of Martin Funeral Home East. Funeral Liturgy for Mr. Ivey will be celebrated on Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 1:00 PM at Our Lady of The Valley Catholic Church, 8600 Winchester St. with Reverend Antonio Mena officiating. The rite of committal and interment will follow at Evergreen Alameda Cemetery where he will be laid to rest. Serving as pallbearers will be Ben Ivey Jr., James Francis Ivey, Arthur Ivey, Craig Ivey, Warren Ivey, Jeffery Ivey and Everett Ivey. Honorary pallbearers will be Harold Ivey, Charles Ivey and James Ivey. Because of John Ivey’s love of learning his family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorial donations be made to the John Ivey Sr. A&M Memorial Scholarship Fund/Aggie Mom’s Club (C/O Roseanne Peyton, 5116 Silverbell Lane, El Paso, TX 79932). Please view Mr. Ivey’s online memorial tribute and send condolences at www. mem.com. Service arrangements have been entrusted to the care of MARTIN FUNERAL HOME EAST, 1460 GEORGE DIETER DR. EL PASO, TX 79936. (915) 855-8881

[Hot Tabasco]

NY Times? I'm not buying it.........According to that article, the shooter's father was Michael Kelley, a computer programmer and accountant.

That's not the type of house such a person would be able to afford in a community such as that..........

It might very well be but the NY Times isn't known for its accuracy in reporting..........

[Hot Tabasco]

See my last post HOT Shot!.......Sheesh,

[faithhopecharity]

my neighbor says that basturd had better leave his cat alone!

[Brown Deer]

You really are ignorant!

The slimes got the photo from the Statesman!

His mother came from a very wealthy family.

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Scenes from New Braunfels home of church shooting suspect

American-Statesman Staff
Monday, Nov. 6, 2017

Devin Patrick Kelley, the man identified as the shooter in the Texas church massacre, lived outside of New Braunfels in his parents’ home in a rural ranching area, according to numerous reports. 

The family home on FM 2722 is midway between between New Braunfels and Canyon Lake in the rolling limestone hills of the southeastern edge of the Texas Hill Country. A driveway into the property is blocked by a ranch gate. Since Sunday, Comal County deputies have secured the drive.

The Kelleys’ 3,711-square-foot home sits on 28 acres, according to Comal County tax records. Twenty-six of those acres are designated as native pasture land and receive an agricultural exemption from property taxes, leaving an appraised taxable value of  $487,220 for property owners Michael and Rebecca Kelley.

Aerial video of the property photographed by the Statesman’s Jay Janner on Monday shows a sprawling ranch home with multiple outbuildings and a pool:

http://www.statesman.com/news/scenes-from-new-braunfels-home-church-shooting-suspect/JQdqCPvaAZcm6Ug26MGkiM/

[Brown Deer]

but probably, just fake voter ID data ;-)

https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/Kelley-Report.pdf

Voter ID: 1167460575
Name: KELLEY PATRICK DEVIN
Gender: Male
Residence Address: 2825 FM 2722, New Braunfels, TX 78131

https://www.google.com/maps/@29.7732746,-98.2180997,705m/data=!3m1!1e3

[Hot Tabasco]

You really are ignorant!

Really? You have to result to insults now?

My suggestion to you is to close your laptop and leave your happy hour bar and go home............Sheesh!