valero. he was, obviously, suspicious to others. based on the way he was dressed in all black. at that time i m not sure if he had the mask on or not. but he was wearing a black mask that had a white face, skull face, to it. then he drove across the church and exited the vehicle and started the shooting. was he wearing body armor? he was wearing a ballistic vest with a plate on the front. there was no plate on the back. beyond going domestic situation you were talking about [ inaudible ] could you tell us a little bit more on the texts? [ inaudible ]. at this time i cannot. we know that he expressed anger towards his mother-in-law. w.h.o. attends this church. do we know if she reported its to authorities? we don t. do we know if it had anything to do with the estranged wife?
orthodox as far as mass shooters are concerned. they have a target. they go in and they do not stop shooting until the first time somebody confronts them and then usually they ll either flee or kill themselves. so we re finding this finding out it s fairly orthodox, as tragic as that sounds. i m also from the videos there, i m seeing an be a external security camera at the church that might show an area in front of the church where he stood. i who really like to see if that camera was going on. i m more enlightened how the attack went down that he went in and had a lot of time in it. the early accounts he was actually outside the building firing in, make no sense with the 223 because it s not really going to do much once you fire through walls. and also not only with went in, but had the ballistic vest on, wearing all black and put on a mask that had a white skull on the front of it.
the just tremendous outpouring of support that these families are starting to receive and we want to make sure that everybody know house they can help. thank you all very much. also with us today we have two texas ranger majors cory lane and brian braskinski the commanders for the investigation. so we will try to answer any of your questions you have at this time. what did video show and assist in the investigation? of course the video will assist in the investigation and, you know, it was a horrific event and at this time we re not prepared to talk about the video. director martin could you explain what happened after the shooting happened? could you back up a little bit and give us a description. reports a gas station walked up behind where you guys are sanding? we know he was seen at the
inlaws were actually members of this church in sutherland springs, though not there at the time of the shooting. the news reaching overseas overnight as president trump was in tokyo. a guns situation. i mean we could go into it, but it s a little soon to go into it. somebody else had a gun shooting in the opposite direction otherwise it would have been as bad as it was, it would have been much worse. this is a mental health problem at the highest level. it s a very, very sad event. these are great people and a very, very sad event. all right. let s stay with the breaking news on the investigation into this horrific shooting. all of those lives lost and who will be impacted now. brian todd is in sutherland springs for us right now. brian, on the investigation, what is the very latest. well, kate, we spoke to the sheriff of wilson county a short time ago, joe tackitt, who told us as you mentioned just a short
what you re listening to is frank and sherry pomeroy, the parents of 14-year-old belle pomeroy. the 14-year-old girl who was killed in that shooting. the pastor, this is the pastor, there is the picture right there of belle pomeroy. what you re listening to right there is sherri also speak being their congregation. that is the pastor and his wife of that church that were not there yesterday when this all played out. most of our church family is gone, shiri pomeroy said and asking for everyone s prayers. we are learning more about victims like the other 25 victims of that massacre yesterday. cnn is here with me now with their stories. allison? you think about anna bell pomeroy. she is 14 and her parents were not at the church.