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At Least 26 Killed in Sutherland Springs, Texas Church Shooting

posted by takyon on Monday November 06 2017, @02:25AM   Printer-friendly
At Least 26 Dead After Gunman Opens Fire In South Texas Church

Federal authorities are responding to a shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, a small community southeast of San Antonio.

In a press conference Sunday night, an official from the Texas Department of Public Safety described the scene: Around 11:20 am, the suspect, dressed in black, approached the church and began firing an assault rifle. He then entered the church and continued firing.

Gov. Greg Abbott confirmed that at least 26 people were killed. A Texas Department of Public Safety official said the ages of the victims ranged from 5 to 72 years old. The AP reports that the pastor's 14-year-old daughter is among the dead.

The Department of Public Safety confirmed to NPR that at least 20 others were wounded. A DPS official said in the press conference that the gunman was confronted by an armed civilian outside of the church.

The shooter, who was found dead in neighboring Guadalupe County, has been identified as Devin Kelley, 26, a former Air Force member.

 
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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 06 2017, @04:20AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 06 2017, @04:20AM (#592836)

    Well France doesn't allow people to run around with guns, so what's the weapon of choice for mass murder there? Trucks.

    Now I want you to justify that with solid numbers. Show us stats from reputable sources that show us that the number of truck attacks and number of dead per such attack results in comparable overall fatality rates when adjusted for population size.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 06 2017, @04:35AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 06 2017, @04:35AM (#592850)
    the other AC's link re: "list of terrorist attacks in france" lists only four vehicle ramming incidents from the 1800s-present. in those four attacks, only one, the truck attack on Bastille Day, 2016, in Nice, had any fatalities. The Bastille Day attack also killed 86 people (+ perpetrator), and injured hundreds of people. However, France is very far from epidemic of vehicular rammings described by that AC. certainly not even "lots" as described by another AC.

    At this time has any AC in this thread successfully explained how arming the population would prevent a vehicle ramming attack; the vehicle attackers are almost universally dispatched by law enforcement, and not urban vigilantes open carrying AR-15s in a walmart.

    TBH i'd be more afraid of a mass shooting in the USA than a vehicle ramming attack in either the USA or France.

    - yet another AC.

    • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Monday November 06 2017, @04:58AM (1 child)

      by Phoenix666 (552) on Monday November 06 2017, @04:58AM (#592865) Journal

      Yeah I forgot the Paris nightclub killings. Gun control totally prevented that, too.

      --
      Washington DC delenda est.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 06 2017, @06:25PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 06 2017, @06:25PM (#593220)
        Yeah and everyone in a dimly nightclub having guns and shooting people who were shooting people would have made things better.

        Retard.