Texas Shooter’s Last Phone Call
By The Sun. The Texas mass shooter, who opened fire on worshippers in First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs killing 26 and injuring 20 others, contacted his father to tell him he “wasn’t going to make it” before allegedly taking his own life, according to reports.
Time magazine reports that 26-year-old Devin Patrick Kelley told his father he was “shot and didn’t think he was going to make it” before he died from what is believed to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. An autopsy will determine the official cause of death.
One of the men who chased and shot at Kelley following the incident said he grabbed his gun after his daughter told him she heard gunshots coming from the church.
“I kept hearing the shots, one after another, very rapid shots — just ‘pop pop pop pop’ and I knew every one of those shots represented someone, that it was aimed at someone, that they weren’t just random shots,” Stephen Willeford, 55, said in an interview with 40/29 News.
Mr Willeford said he loaded his weapon and ran straight to the church and began shooting at Kelley. (Read more from “Texas Shooter’s Last Phone Call” HERE)
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Authorities: Texas Church Shooter Had Three Gunshot Wounds
By Holly Yan and AnneClaire Stapleton. Devin Patrick Kelley, the gunman who killed 26 people at a Texas Baptist church, suffered three gunshot wounds, including a self-inflicted shot to the head, Texas authorities said Monday.
Kelley, 26, was also shot in the leg and torso by an armed citizen, said Freeman Martin of the Texas Department of Public Safety, citing autopsy results.
It was not immediately clear whether Kelley died from the self-inflicted gunshot wound or from being shot by the resident.
A day after the worst mass shooting in Texas history, the US Air Force and Department of Defense said they are probing how records of a domestic violence conviction the gunman received while in the Air Force — which would have disqualified him owning a firearm under federal law — were handled. (Read more from “Authorities: Texas Church Shooter Had Three Gunshot Wounds” HERE)
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