Global & Disaster Medicine

The massacre at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs was called “the largest mass shooting in our state’s history” by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.

CNN

“A shooter killed 26 people at a Texas church and at least eight of those victims were members of the same family…..

The attack came during a Sunday morning service and left about 20 others wounded……”

 

  • Victims between the ages of 5 to 72 years old
  • Rifle used, a Ruger military-style rifle;
  • At least eight of the people killed were members of one family
  • A woman who was about five months pregnant and three of her children were killed.
  • The pregnant woman’s brother-in-law — her husband’s brother — and his young child were also killed
  • Three other members of the same family were injured.
  • Among those killed included the 14-year-old daughter of the church’s pastor
  • Shooter found dead in his vehicle
  • The gunman was identified as Devin Patrick Kelley, 26;

  • Kelley had served in the Air Force at a base in New Mexico but was court-martialed in 2012 on charges of assaulting his wife and child. He was sentenced to 12 months’ confinement and received a “bad conduct” discharge in 2014, according to Ann Stefanek, the chief of Air Force media operations.

 


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