A very, very good man. As they cope with one of the worst mass shoots in u. S. History. Today, monday, november 6th, 2017. From nbc news, this is a special edition of today, texas Church Shooting. With matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. We start this show the way weve started too many shows in the past. Trying to get answers to another act of unspeakable violence. At least 26 people were killed, 20 others wounded. And the youngest victim was just 5 years old. The gunman was identified as 26yearold devin kelley. Police said he was dressed in black Tactical Gear. He opened fire outside of the Birth Baptist Church and then went inside. Investigators are pouring through his background. He served in the air force. He was eventually given a bad conduct discharge. We have complete coverage, including new information on the search for a motive. The victims and the heroes who chased after this
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Glor good evening. Im jeff glor in Sutherland Springs, texas. Behind me is the scene of another mass shooting. It didnt happen in a big city like oral human papilloma virus virus orel lando or las vegas. The target 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 remain 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 weapon. 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
High caliber guys that are trained by the state of pennsylvania act 235 in the use of weapons but, you know, its very low key. Reporter Senior Pastor john hessler admits that establishing a trained Security Force for his church was a concept he struggled with until. Sandy hook 2012. Thats when i sat down with dave outland and some of the other men and said, look, we need to upgrade whatever were doing in terms of observation, to some sort of security. If that ends up including armed security, so be it. Reporter there have been an estimated 92 violent acts at houses of worship across the country so far this year alone. And pastor hessler says ignoring those statistics that irresponsible and potentially dangerous. I became a pastor in 1999 and without any intent, any thought that i would ever have to think about child predators or someone who would come into church with a gun. But thats where we are. Reporter and so Church Officials say thats a balance theyre trying to strike with the ch
18 months to 77 years old. This morning the churchs pastor Frank Pomeroy and his wife sherri speaking out about losing their youngest daughter, 14yearold annabelle pomeroy. The couple were out of town during the shooting. We lost more than belle yesterday. And one thing that gives me a quiver of encouragement is the fact that belle was surrounded yesterday by her Church Family that she loved fiercely. Reporter new details are emerging about the suspected shooter, 26yearold devin kelley. It was around 11 30 sun morning during service he walked in wearing Tactical Gear dressed in black armed with a gun. Investigation. Domestic situation going on within this family. The suspects motherinlaw attended this church. We know he had made threatening she received a threatening text from him. Reporter kelley lived about 30 miles away in new bronfeld texas. He received a bad conduct discharge. He was courtmartialed in 2012 on charges of assault and aggravated assault on his spouse and a child. He