Hero plumber Stephen Willeford
Hostage? First I heard of that.
His ex-Mother in Law went to the church. I wonder if that’s why he targeted that specific church.
This is so poorly written. Any Freeper could have done a better job.
Hero plumber Stephen Willeford
Yep. Baptist MIL and the entire congregation really missed him off
By the way, notice in the story, the killer had an assault rifle. But the citizen just had “his rifle”?
My first thought too.
The CNN “like” lends credence to the theory that it’s not video games triggering these mentally unbalanced mass murders, but the 24x7x365 tsunami of invective and hatred being spewed by CNN/MSNBC and the rest of the fake stream media.
think about it. what kind of impact would watching CNN exclusively and obsessively have on a mentally unbalanced person already seething with hatred and resentment? At a minimum Wouldn’t that mentally ill person feel validated in their hatred and resentment? How far is it from that validation to taking the next step of unfettered violence?
The Texas church shooter Devin Kelley killed a baby aged only 18 months during the massacre that killed at least 26 people on Sunday afternoon, police have announced.
A five-year-old was previously the youngest reported victim. The oldest of the 26 people killed in the attack was 77, authorities say. ...”
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/texas-shooting-baby-victim-killed-devin-kelley-18-months-latest-news-updates-a8040696.html
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"As he exited the church, a local resident grabbed his gun and pursued the suspect, who dropped his weapon and fled the scene.
The suspect was later found dead inside his vehicle. Officials are unsure if he was shot by a resident or suffered a self inflicted gunshot wound, said Freeman Martin, regional director of the Texas Department of Public Safety.
The daughter of the church’s pastor was one of the victim’s killed in the shooting, her mother Sherri Pomeroy told CBS News via text message.
“My husband and I were ironically out of town in two different states. We lost our 14-year-old daughter today and many friends,” Pomeroy said Sunday.
She added, “Neither of us have made it back into town yet to personally see the devastation. I am at the Charlotte airport trying to get home as soon as I can.” ..."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-church-shooting-sutherland-springs-first-baptist-church-live-stream-updates/
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“My husband and I were ironically out of town in two different states. We lost our 14-year-old daughter today and many friends,” Pomeroy said Sunday.
She added, “Neither of us have made it back into town yet to personally see the devastation. I am at the Charlotte airport trying to get home as soon as I can.” ..."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-church-shooting-sutherland-springs-first-baptist-church-live-stream-updates/
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"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."
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/revealed-how-texas-church-gunman-was-shot-dead-by-hero-plumber-stephen-willeford-a3677181.html
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“The Texas church madman was a disgraced Air Force veteran who was court-marshaled in 2012 after assaulting his wife and child, reports said.
Devin Patrick Kelley, who joined the military in 2010,was given a dishonorable discharge and slapped with 12 months of confinement in 2014 after his court marshaling, CBS News reported.
The military said Sunday that Kelly served in Logistics Readiness at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico from 2010 until his discharge.
The Pentagon also confirmed that Kelley was an airman “at one point,” but did not provide additional details.
Kelly was married and lived in a wooded area on the rural, western outskirts of New Braunfels, north of San Antonio.
His mother-in-law has a post-office box in Sutherland Springs, where he launched his massacre, about 50 minutes away.”
http://nypost.com/2017/11/05/texas-church-shooter-was-a-dishonorably-discharged-air-force-veteran/
The armed citizen is the first responder.
Foxnews article states that in 2014 Kelley registered to vote in Colorado. I wonder which party he registered under?
Trump: thankfully someone had a gun shooting in the opposite direction. Couldn’t have said it better. That is why I go to church armed. One of the very few. Thankfully last night our pastor said that it was high time that we took security of our church seriously. I brought this up several years ago to our deacons and our then pastor. The pastor blew me off, saying nothing was going to happen. Thankfully now maybe we can set up a security program for Sunday and Wednesdays. I volunteered before to run it, and this Wednesday evening I will once again tell our new pastor that I will run it if they want me too. I pray to GOD in heaven that THIS TIME someone listens.