The deadliest that texas has ever known. At least 26 worshipers were killed when a man opened fire in a church outside of san antonio. The shooting happened in a small rural community, the kind of quiet american town where everyone knows everyone. Thats how its being described. And the suspect is 26yearold Devin Patrick kelley. He was found dead of a gunshot wound in his car after a brief chase. Kelley was discharged from the u. S. Air force for bad conduct after being convicted of assaulting his spouse and his child. Last year he bought the rifle he used legally, and here is more on how this tragedy unfolded. He had approximately 11 20 this morning, a suspect was seen in a valero gas station in Sutherland Springs, texas. He was dressed in all black. That suspect crossed the street to the church, exited his vehicle, and began firing at the church. The suspect then moved to the right side of the church and continued to fire. That suspect entered the church and continued to fire. As he e
Morning is Donald Trumps impact on this race. Ed gillespie attempting to walk on a tight wire, not embracing trump, necessarily, as a man, but embracing many of the policies that hes championed and the culture war that he has been a part of. And its not just republicans in virginia that are pointing to donald trump as being the reason that there were such wide electoral gains for democrats. Its also the dnc chairman. This is what tom perez said last night. You have sent a message across the globe to south korea donald trump, you dont stand for our values the america that donald trump comes back to in a few days is far different than the america he left and former president barack obama also weighing in on the results this morning on twitter. He campaigned with both paul phil murphy, i should say, from new jersey, and Ralph Northam here in virginia. And he said, quote, this is what happens when people vote. Congrats to Ralph Northam and phil murphy and congratulations to all the victors
And one of the victims was 14yearold anabell pomeroy, the daughter of the churchs pastor frank and his wife, sherri pomeroy. The gunman has been identified as 26yearold Devin Patrick kelley. The gunfire started around 11 30 local time the the gunman walked into the First Baptist church and started shooting. Heres what a grandmother of two of the victims had to say. Were just waiting to find out what happened with my grandson. We just found out one of my granddaughters is not going to make it. I had four grandchildren and my daughterinlaw in front of the church. One of my granddaughters and my daughterinlaw were taken, too. Were here with one grandson still in surgery. Hes been in surgery for several hours. He was shot four times. Oh, my god. His sister was 7, like i said, we just found out shes not going to make it. Heartbreaking. Lets go now to nbc news justice correspondent Pete Williams. Pete, we just heard at some length from Governor Abbott. What did you learn or take away from th
Good evening. Im jeff glor in Sutherland Springs, texas. And this is our western edition. And behind me is the scene of another mass shooting. It didnt happen in a big city like orlando or las vegas. The targets this time were worshipers in their smalltown church. This was the scene just after the attack. Investigators say the suspect wanted to kill everyone in the church. 26 were killed, ranging in age from 18 months to 77 years. 20 others were wounded, ten in critical condition. Police believe the gunman, 26yearold devin kelley, took his own life after being chased by armed bystanders. He had received a bad conduct discharge from the air force for domestic assault, and cbs news has learned a mistake by the service may have allowed him to buy his weapons. We have a team of correspondents covering this. We begin with the moments after the shooting. Somebody ran in there and started shooting everybody. Glor cell phone video shows the victims and the chaos that spilled on to the front la
With mexico. A lot happening today. Good morning. It is wednesday, march 28. We begin with the latest in the crisis with north korea. As the widely suspected kim jungun visited china on sunday and left early wednesday local time, it is believed to be kims first foreign trip since he rose to power back in 2011. His father and grandfather both made several visits to china which is easily north koreas closest and most important ally. According to Chinese State media, the, quote, unofficial visit came on the invitation of president xi jinping and the two leaders held talks at the great hall of the people. China state media also says kim says it is our consistent stand to be committed to denuclearization on the peninsula and that it can happen if south korea and the u. S. Respond to our efforts with good will, create and at loss fear of peace and stability while taking progressive measures for the realization of peace. Kim also reportedly reiterated his desire to hold a summit with the Unit