Devin Kelley, the gunman who stormed into a Texas church Sunday, killing 26 people, had a disturbing and violent past, including a court-martial from the Air Force for fracturing his infant stepson’s skull, an arrest for animal cruelty in 2014, and frequent harassment of ex-girlfriends.
Due to his Court Marshall, Kelley was denied a license to conceal and carry, according to Texas governor Greg Abbott, however he bought the Ruger AR platform rifle used in the attack at a local sporting store in April 2016 by simply lying on the application about his criminal past.
Two ex-girlfriends told NBC News that Kelley stalked them after breakups.
“He was very sick in the head,” Katy Landry, a former girlfriend of Devin Patrick Kelley, told NBC News.
“Years after dating me he would try to bribe me to hang out with him,” Landry, who met Kelley in church as a teenager, told NBC News in a Facebook message. “He ended up assaulting me. He would stalk me by repeatedly calling me — even prank calling me, saying really weird stuff.
Brittany Adcock, 22, said she and Kelley dated when she was 13 and he was 18. “At the time I didn’t think much into it being so young but now I realize that there’s something off about someone who is 18 with someone who is 13,” she said.
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“He somehow would always find out my number although none of my friends talked to him and he would constantly call me until I blocked his number,” she said. “Then I’d get calls from an unknown number so I’ve had to change my number quite a bit.
“He would offer me money to hang out with him quite a bit. There has been one point that I called the police because he was just calling me so much I wanted to report harassment,” Adcock said.
“One time he told me I should move in with him and his wife and that he would take care of me as long as I walked around topless. Not long after, his wife messaged me and asked why I’m talking to her husband and I told her what he was saying and sent her screenshots and she then apologized and then I was blocked from speaking to her.”
When she broke it off, he continued to harass her, she said.
Animal Cruelty
Kelley was charged with animal cruelty in 2014 when he lived in Colorado Springs, CO. Witnesses told investigators they saw Kelley chasing a dog through their trailer park, attacking the animal when he caught it.
“The suspect then started beating on the dog with both fists, punching it in the head and chest,” the police report said, citing a witness. “He could hear the suspect yelling at the dog and while he was striking it, the dog was yelping and whining. The suspect then picked up the dog by the neck into the air and threw it onto the ground and then drug him away to lot 60.”
Kelley told police he was trying to stop the dog from attacking another animal.
Motive
While a motive behind the shooting has yet to emerge, authorities noted that Kelley may have been involved in a domestic dispute, possibly targeting his mother-in-law who attended the church.
Mental health
In response to a question on whether gun control is the answer to mass shootings, President Trump, speaking from Japan, said “This is a mental health problem at the highest level,” calling the gunman “deranged.”
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Is Donna Brazile the new Joan of Arc? Interesting times with libtards going up in flames straight out of hell.
Donna’s book has been mysteriously delayed a week. I don’t know much about publishing, but is that enough time to backpedal, change and reprint?
Good question man. The implosion of the Dems is fascinating nonetheless. Hard to see the play. Granted they are crafty.
The book is due out tomorrow. That means they’ve already shipped. It can be delayed further and the digital version can be held up even though it’s available for preorder on Apple’s iBooks store.
Probably too late to keep it from leaking even if they are making changes.
Just another disgruntled old-guard Clinton campaign loser whining about how poorly she was treated. She reminds me of the crappy baseball manager who always gets hired because he won a pennant 20 years ago. Bye bye Brazile.
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Chuck Bennett
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Good point
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Chuck Bennett