i m standing just a couple buildings away from the first baptist church in the small town of sutherland springs, texas. where a 26-year-old man opened fire on men, women and children ranging in age from 5 to 72 years of age. that s their ages. i want to repeat that, these victims are as young as 5 years old. 12 to 14 of the dead are children. they were found inside the church. many of those who died were members of the same family. the shooter, for reasons still unknown, fired bullets into his victims using a semiautomatic ruger assault rifle, similar to the one seen on your screen. we re learning more about the shooter who was found dead in his vehicle within minutes of the devastating shooting. mariana atencio is with me with more on this. what have you got? reporter: well, ali, law enforcement, atf, fbi, they are really looking to put together the pieces of devin kelley s life to understand what could have possibly driven him to commit this massacre. this is what we know about the
about yesterday. police revealing more information about the young killer. the motive is a mystery. they say the weapon came from his parents home. abc s cecilia vega begins our coverage. 911 emergency. i m calling from sparks middle school. we have a shooting at our school. reporter: the rampage lasted just three minutes. this is a student from sparks middle school. can you please send police out here? there s a kid who has a gun. reporter: that kid, a 12-year-old boy in the seventh grade. he opened fire near the basketball courts just before the morning bell using a .9 millimeter semiautomatic ruger handgun, similar to this. his first victim, another 12-year-old shot in the arm. went like that with the gun and pulled the trigger. reporter: then the shooter turned to the teacher who tried to stop him. 911 emergency. somebody brought a gun to school and shot the teacher. the teacher s down?