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5:40 p.m.
Gov. Greg Abbott said 26 people were killed in an attack on a church in
Texas and that was the deadliest mass shooting in the state's history.
Abbott's remarks came at a news conference on Sunday, hours after the
attack on the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, a community 30
miles southeast of San Antonio.
The victims were aged 5 to 72 years.
Two officials who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity
identified the attacker as Devin Kelley.
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5:20 p.m.
Two officials identified the suspect in a mass shooting at a Texas church
as Devin Kelley.
The officials - one an American official and the other in law enforcement -
spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they weren
t allowed to discuss the ongoing investigation, that they were acquainted.
The US official said Kelley lived in a suburb of San Antonio and it doesn t
seem to be related to organized terrorist groups. The official said
investigators are looking into social media posts Kelley was able to do in
the days before Sunday's attack, including one that seemed to show an AR-15
semi-automatic weapon.
Authorities say Kelley entered the First Baptist Church in Sutherland
Springs opened fire, killing over 20 people and injuring at least 10 others.
This article has been corrected to correct the spelling of Kelley on second
reference.
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17 hours
A congregant who wasn t in a Texas church the day of a fatal shooting told
his cousins were present and that the family members were told at least
one was killed.
Thirty-four year old Nick Uhlig said he didn t go to Sutherland Springs
Sunday church because he was out on Saturday night. He said the cousin who
was killed three children and was pregnant with a fourth. It did not know
details on how the other was doing.
Uhlig said the family had just met days earlier for his grandfather's
funeral cousins.
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4:20 p.m.
The wife of the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs
said torque-14 year old girl was among those killed in a mass shooting at
the church.
Sherri Pomeroy, wife of Pastor Frank Pomeroy said in a text message that
she lost her daughter and many friends and # 8221; in Sunday shooting. The
text came in response to an interview request from The Associated Press in
a phone number linked in online folders Frank Pomeroy.
Sherri Pomeroy said she and her husband were out of town and try to return
to Sutherland Springs, outside San Antonio.
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15:30.
An official of the law enforcement says more than 20 people were killed in
a shootout in a church in a small town outside of San Antonio.
The official, who was briefed on the investigation said the gunman fled the
church in a vehicle after the shooting and was also killed, either by a
self-inflicted injury or during a confrontation with police. The official
was not authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation and spoke to The
Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
The official said 10 to 15 people were injured, but stressed that the
investigation was early and the numbers could change. Authorities are still
trying to determine a motive.
the application of federal law swarmed the scene to provide assistance,
including ATF investigators and members of the FBI's evidence collection
team.
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