Posted on 11/06/2017 4:03:31 AM PST by ETL
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Stephen Willeford, 55, grabbed his own rifle and rushed to confront Devin Kelley after being told an attack was underway by his daughter.
As he arrived outside the church he came face-to-face with Kelley.
Mr Willeford, a plumber with no military experience, shot him in the side through a gap in his body armour, forcing the killer to flee.
Mr Willeford and another passing resident, Johnnie Langedorff, then chased him at almost 100 miles per hour in a car as the wounded killer tried to make a getaway after taking a hostage.
Kelley is said to have killed 26 people – including a child aged five – when he stormed into the church on Sunday dressed in black tactical gear and armed with an assault rifle.
Freeman Martin, regional director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, said: “The suspect dropped his rifle, which was a Ruger AR assault-type rifle, and fled from the church. The man then chased the gunman.”
Mr Langedorff said: “He got a little bit of a jump on us. So we were doing about 95 miles per hour, going around traffic and everything.
“He just lost control and that’s whenever I put the vehicle in park. The other gentleman jumped out and had his rifle drawn on him and he didn’t move after that.”
Kelley was found a short distance away in his crashed vehicle, dead from a bullet wound. He had several more guns in his car, but the hostage was unhurt.
Police are still trying to establish whether Kelley died from Mr Willeford’s shot, or if he committed suicide.
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Speaking at a news conference in Japan, Mr Trump said: “Fortunately somebody else had a gun that was shooting in the opposite direction, otherwise it would have been – as bad as it was – it would have been much worse.”
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He [mass murderer Devin Kelley] served in logistics readiness at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, and was jailed for one year in 2012 on two counts alleging assault on his wife Danielle Shields and their child.
In 2014, he was kicked out of the military.
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.’
On Kelley’s Facebook page, he appeared to have a fascination with guns. He had recently shared a photo of an AR-15 style gun with the caption: ‘She’s a bad b***h.”
Kelley’s mother-in-law, Michelle Shields, is understood to be a parishioner at the First Baptist Church and was friends on social media with First Baptist Pastor Frank Pomeroy and his wife.
they basically showed up and did the paperwork after it was all done.
As I call them, SERVPRO for the state.
Anyway, even if Kelly hadn’t reloaded after the chase. They could have shot him down simply to apprehend him. He has just murdered an entire church. Its easily explainable that he wasn’t going to stop until he hurt more people.
And good luck finding a DA or jury to go after him. And by the way, in the bizarre scenario where you did, Governor Abbot would pardon him.
But what about possible Federal charges, President Trump, pardon again.
All he is gonna get in Texas is a medal.
He was probably in agony...and his brain was already a half a bubble off.
I think that NONE of us are COMPLETELY informed.
Even if we were, juries in America are quite capricious in their collective judgements.
Ludicrous.
Give me a case that backs up your assertion that a citizen can execute Kelley if he is sitting at a table at Mcdonalds calmly eating a hamburger 20 minutes after he killed 50 people.
And metal detectors for those that have THEIR own policy??
The left has stirred up its crazies during every Republican administration since Nixon. This is how they always respond to the loss of power.
A typo typo!!
You made a mistake typing the word "typo"? That's like misspelling the word "mispelled". :)
“I don’t care what you guys think.
A Vigilante cannot shoot kelley sitting in a Mcdonalds eating a hamburger just because he just killed 50 people.”
Dream on. You just have to articulate that you saw him twitch. The continuing threat is still there. Hows the weather in DC today?
They are pretty much just crime historians.
I gotta know!
https://www.americanhunter.org/articles/2012/12/20/was-the-44-mag-ever-the-most-powerful-handgun/
Life imitating art: or the other way around.
Thank you, Mr. Willeford! We all need a guy like you in our neighborhoods!
“If Plumber executed him after Crash he could be looking at a Civil case.”
hahahhahahahhaaaaahahahahahaaa Well, I’d advise that shyster who brings the case in Texas to get payment up front and not take it on contingency. There will be no recovery...period.
It works for cops!
It didn't work out too well for ME!!!
Most body armor just covers the chest area. When the bad guy might be in body armor, aim for the pelvis or legs -- it's a bigger target than the head, and will immobilize him long enough for an accurate head shot.
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