kill all those parishioners. an fbi background check came back clean. that should have never happened. i can tell you what is required and there was nothing in our databases that precluded him from purchasing a firearm. reporter: tonight, new details revealing kelley was even more unstable and potentially dangerous than we knew, raising more questions about how he was able to buy multiple guns. newly released police records show kelley escaping from a new mexico mental health facility in june of 2012. the police report noting kelley suffered from mental disorders, had been caught sneaking firearms onto holloman air force base and was attempting to carry out death threats kelley had made on this military chain of command. the escape came as kelley was facing charges for punching and choking his wife and hitting his infant stepson on the head and body with a force likely to produce death or grievous bodily harm. that domestic abuse conviction should have been shared by the ai
good evening. i m tom llamas. we begin with the breaking news, a mass shooting at an american church. a gunman opening fire during a service at the first baptist church in sutherland springs, a tiny town just southeast of san antonio. at least 26 killed, including the pastor s 14-year-old daughter. at least 20 others injured. many of them airlifted to nearby hospitals. the suspect identified as devin kelley. fbi special agents now on the scene. an entire town in shock. this massacre, now the deadliest church shooting in america, and the fourth deadliest in modern history, behind las vegas, orlando, and virginia tech. we ve just learned the president has been briefed several times, while overseas in japan. and we re also getting word
back in that san antonio hospital tonight, his family now tells us he is in stable condition. of course, we re all thinking about that little 5-year-old tonight. we turn next, though, to the gunman. and the questions at this hour. why was he allowed to obtain that arsenal. the image of a troubled young man now emerging this evening, discharged from the air force after a domestic assault conviction. and re cently posting this photo of a semiautomatic rifle on his facebook page. here s abc s senior justice correspondent pierre thomas tonight. reporter: tonight, law enforcement officials have viewed the video of the massacre and one of them tells abc news there s little doubt the gunman came to 2 church to kill everyone in that building, period, and called him a horrible monster. that stark assessment, as police today said the genesis of the killing spree was rooted in a domestic dispute. the suspect assess parentally hunting his mother-in-law. the suspect s mother-in-law attended t
his aunt setting up this go fund me page. he was shot multiple times. his step-mother and two sisters did not survive. and tonight, the other heroes here. the volunteer firefighters, the emts and the e.r. doctors at connelly memorial. they received eight of the vi vict victims. they had multiple gunshot wounds? that s correct. reporter: here in this community tonight, everyone knows about half of the victims were children. there s been a lot of talk about how many of the victims were children. yes. reporter: and you saw some of that yourself? yes, we did. reporter: that s not easy for it s not easy, and i m sure some of the team members will have difficulty in the long-term, and there s been pastors and other cown selling folks to help out with those members, but it s always difficult when you are dealing with children in these situations, but they did fantastic. they really did. the team really held together well. and i was impressed. and you heard me mention that 5-
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