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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: 2, Informative) by khallow on Monday November 06 2017, @05:20AM (3 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Monday November 06 2017, @05:20AM (#592874) Journal
    c0lo, you do realize there's a difference between a mass murder and a mass shooting? The latter link is to mass shootings which means four or more people injured in a shooting without a cool down period. If there were 377 mass murders, then there would have been at least 4*377 = 1508 deaths. Instead, there were 532 such deaths. Attempting to count these, I get ~37 actual mass murders in that group of mass shootings with most of the deaths coming from the Las Vegas shooting and the present one.
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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by MostCynical on Monday November 06 2017, @06:59AM (2 children)

    by MostCynical (2589) on Monday November 06 2017, @06:59AM (#592903) Journal

    Is 532 okay?
    Or 600?

    What is an "acceptable" number?

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    "I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Monday November 06 2017, @07:21AM

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Monday November 06 2017, @07:21AM (#592916) Journal
      Definitely bigger than those numbers.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 06 2017, @07:51PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 06 2017, @07:51PM (#593273)

      with 500 million people in the US and 300 million guns(?) it sounds like we're amazingly composed and subjugated to me.