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This story had been posted here already, but this article goes into a lot more detail.

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Texas Gunman Broke Skull of Infant Stepson in 2012 Assault

New York Times ^ | NOV. 6, 2017 | DAVE PHILIPPS and RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr.

“He assaulted his stepson severely enough that he fractured his skull, and he also assaulted his wife,” said Don Christensen, a retired colonel who was the chief prosecutor for the Air Force.

“He pled to intentionally doing it.”

...He was sentenced in November of that year to 12 months’ confinement and reduction to the lowest possible rank.

After his confinement, he was discharged from the military with a bad conduct discharge.

..." The case marked a long downward slide that included divorce...

After Mr. Kelley was discharged from the Air Force in 2014, he remarried in Texas, to Danielle Lee Shields, in April of that year, according to state records.

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Texas shooter had threatened churchgoing mother-in-law

New York Post ^ | November 6, 2017 | Max Jaeger

The maniac who killed 26 people inside a Texas church Sunday threatened his parishioner mother-in-law, officials revealed Monday.

Devin Patrick Kelley "made threatening text messages to his mother-in-law who went to the church” said Texas Department of Public Safety regional director Freeman Martin.

The woman, who was not named, attends the church but was not there during the massacre Sunday, authorities said. Martin would not say whether the woman's membership with the church motivated Kelley.

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Texas shooter went to church festival days before massacre

By Ruth Brown
Nov 7, 2017

The Texas church shooter attended a ​festival at the chapel just days before he opened fire on congregants, according to a report.

Five days before his ​bloody ​massacre, Devin Patrick Kelley brought his kids to the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs' fall festival - a Halloween event with games, a bouncy house and a petting zoo, the Houston Chronicle reports.

The troubled Airman was estranged from his wife and had been ​involved in a feud with his mother-in-law - a member of the congregation - so other church members saw his presence as the event as a positive step.

"They thought, '​O​h this is good. This is progress,'" Tambria Read, a friend of Kelley’s mother-in-law told the paper.

His mother-in-law, Michelle Shields, was particularly pleased to see her son-in-law at the church event with her grandkids, Read told the Chronicle.

Kelley had been sending her threatening texts before the shooting, according to law enforcement officials — but she wasn’t inside when he attacked.

http://nypost.com/2017/11/07/texas-shooter-went-to-church-festival-days-before-massacre/

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“Old school friends described Kelley, who lived in nearby New Braunfels, Texas, as a “creep” who made no secret of his anti-religious views.

Nina Rose Nava, who went to school with Kelley, said: “He was always talking about how people who believe in God were stupid and trying to preach his atheism.’...”--NY Times

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https://everipedia.org/wiki/danielle-lee-shields/

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Devin Kelley: Texas shooter killed his wife’s grandma in church massacre

Mythili Sampathkumar

Police have confirmed that Devin Kelley, the gunman who killed 26 and injured 20 in the Texas church mass shooting, also killed his grandmother-in-law in the church.

Lula Woicinski White, a 71-year-old member and volunteer at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, was Mr Kelley’s wife’s grandmother.

Mr Kelley’s in-laws and second wife Danielle were also members of the church, but none were present during the day of the shooting according to police. ...”

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/devin-kelley-texas-shooting-grandma-wife-victims-kill-latest-news-updates-a8041091.html
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[ClearCase_guy]

Crazy people should be in a State Hospital. And in some cases, crazy people should be shackled to the wall.

We used to do that. Then we lost the stomach, and decided to be nice to everyone all the time. I feel that this type of mistake should be re-visited.

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From the article...

“Kelley was released to police officers from Sunland Park Police Department in New Mexico, located just across the state line.

The report states there was an entry submitted to the FBI’s National Crime Information Center database.

The El Paso incident took place months after Air Force documents state Kelley had attacked his wife by striking and kicking her and pulling her hair. Kelley, according to the documents, also pointed a loaded firearm at her.

Kelley was also charged with unlawfully striking his child on various occasions between April 27, 2011, and June 16, 2011. Records indicate Kelley plead “G” (guilty) to assault on a child and the assault on his wife.

Records show he pleaded “NG” (not guilty) on the others that were “withdrawn and dismissed with prejudice” after Kelley’s arraignment.

Kelley received a general court martial and was sentenced Nov. 7, 2012. He was handed a bad conduct discharge, 12 months of confinement and a reduction in rank to the grade of E-1.”

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“In 2012, while stationed at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, Mr. Kelley was charged with assault, according to Air Force records, which said he had repeatedly struck, kicked and choked his first wife beginning just months into their marriage, and hit his stepson’s head with what the Air Force described as “a force likely to produce death or grievous bodily harm.”

“He assaulted his stepson severely enough that he fractured his skull,” said Don Christensen, a retired colonel who was the chief prosecutor for the Air Force, adding, “He pled to intentionally doing it.”

Prosecutors withdrew several other charges as part of their plea agreement with Mr. Kelley, including allegations that he repeatedly pointed a loaded gun at his wife.

He was ultimately sentenced in November that year to 12 months’ confinement and reduction to the lowest possible rank. His final duty title was “prisoner.” ...”

After getting out of confinement, Mr. Kelley moved into a barn at his parents’ house, which they had converted into an apartment, according to the local sheriff’s office records.

During the next two years, he was investigated twice for abusing women. The authorities in Comal County, which includes Mr. Kelley’s hometown New Braunfels, released records on Monday that showed he had been the subject of an investigation for sexual assault and rape in 2013.

The investigation ended without the filing of any charges — Mr. Kelley’s only skirmishes in the local courts were traffic violations.

Less than a year after the sexual assault report, deputies were summoned again after Mr. Kelley’s girlfriend at the time, Danielle Shields, reportedly sent a text message to a friend saying she was being abused.

Deputies who responded told a dispatcher, according to the report, that it was a “misunderstanding and teenage drama.” Mr. Kelley married Ms. Shields two months later, local records show. ...”

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

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“After getting out of confinement, Mr. Kelley moved into a barn at his parents’ house, which they had converted into an apartment, according to the local sheriff’s office records.”

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

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Wasn’t very nice to animals either...

“He had a puppy that he kept tied up in the sun all day outside his RV without water, she said. She also recalled an episode in which the police were called because he had struck the dog repeatedly in the head.

Records show Mr. Kelley was charged with cruelty to animals, a misdemeanor, in August 2014, pleaded guilty and was given a deferred sentence. He moved out a few weeks later, she said.”

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

[Seruzawa]

100% correlation between mass shootings and prior psychiatric treatments. This is otherwise known as a clue.

[A_Former_Democrat]

So the only way this guy could be stopped was . .

A Good Guy with a gun

[topher]

Who was president in all this happened and this lunatic did not get flagged to not be able to buy firearms?

DingBat Obama, oops, I mean former President Barrack Obama, who worships the FALSE god of basketball, the FALSE god of Golf, the FALSE god of football. With some many gods, he must be a PAGAN or just an ATHEIST by belief.