Here’s an update on everything we know about the Texas gunman who massacred 26 Christians yesterday:
Via KSAT:
Kelley was living in New Braunfels at the time of the shooting
Neighbors said Kelley lived with his wife and toddler in a residence on his parents’ New Braunfels property. Neighbors also said his parents lived in a house on the property. People who lived next to Kelley said Devin was “just a normal guy” and the most unusual thing they heard from the property was gunfire — but that gunfire was common in the rural area.
Kelley had a criminal past
Officials said he Kelley previously been charged with misdemeanor animal cruelty in east-central Colorado. Court records in El Paso County indicate Kelley was cited on Aug. 1, 2014, when he lived in a mobile home park near Colorado Springs. He was given a deferred probationary sentence and was ordered to pay $368 in restitution. The charge was dismissed in March 2016 after Kelley completed his sentence. Kelley was also court-martialed in 2012 for two counts of Article 128 UCMJ, assault on his spouse and assault on their child. He received a bad conduct discharge, confinement for twelve months and a reduction to the grade of E-1.
Kelley had at least one protection order filed against him
The Denver Post reports court records indicate someone was granted a protection order against Kelley on Jan. 15, 2015, also in El Paso County.
Kelley received a bad conduct discharge from the Air Force in 2014
Kelley was previously a U.S. Air Force member who served in Logistics Readiness at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico from 2010 until his discharge in 2014. An Air Force spokesperson said he was court-martialed in 2012 for two counts of Article 128 UCMJ, Assault on his spouse and assault on their child. He received a bad conduct discharge, confinement for twelve months and a reduction to the grade of E-1.
He briefly worked as an unarmed security guard for Schlitterbahn New Braunfels and the Summit Vacation Resort
A spokesperson for Schlitterbahn New Braunfels sent the following statement: “Devin Patrick Kelley worked briefly – 5 1/2 weeks – this summer at Schlitterbahn New Braunfels as a seasonal unarmed night security guard. His employment was terminated. All our security guards must pass a criminal background check through the Texas Department of Public Safety.” Officials noted he was terminated.
Claudia Varjabedian is a manager at the Summit Vacation Resort in New Braunfels. She told The Associated Press on Monday that Kelley had been working there the past month and a half as a security guard.
Why did he do it?
Authorities said they are not investigating the shooting as an act of domestic terrorism. Instead, they said Kelley had a tumultuous relationship with his in-laws who were members of the church. Officials said there was “a domestic situation going on in the family” and that Kelley had sent threatening texts to his mother-in-law days before the shooting. Kelley’s in-laws were not there at the time of the shooting.
Kelley called his dad after the shooting
Kelley called his father while he was being chased and told him he had been shot and “didn’t think he was going to make it,” officials said at Monday’s press conference.
This is a good list. But I’d like to add that we also know he’s an atheist…
And that he purchased his “Ruger AR-556 rifle in April 2016 from an Academy Sports & Outdoors store in San Antonio, a law enforcement official told CNN.”
Also law enforcement found 2 pistols on him, a 9mm Glock and .22 Ruger.
Anything else I missed, just let me know and I’ll add it to this list.