A bouquet of flowers lies at the base of a roadblock where law enforcement officials work at the scene of a deadly shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs in Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
CHURCH
KILLER 'PREACHED ATHEISM'...
SECURITY GUARD AT RESORT...
AIR FORCE REJECT...
TARGETED EX-IN-LAWS CHURCH...
COURT-MARTIALED FOR ASSAULT ON SPOUSE, CHILD...
SICK FACEBOOK RANTS...
Wore White Skull Face Mask...
8 members of ONE family dead...
Youngest Victim 18 Months...
Deadliest shooting at house of worship in history...
SMALL TOWN: A Post Office, No Traffic Light and Now Mass Murder...
Locals pursued fleeing gunman at 95mph...
Sharpshooting plumber hit him through gap in body armor...
Hero describes how tracked him down...
TRUMP: 'Fortunately, Somebody Else Had a Gun'...
SECURITY GUARD AT RESORT...
AIR FORCE REJECT...
TARGETED EX-IN-LAWS CHURCH...
COURT-MARTIALED FOR ASSAULT ON SPOUSE, CHILD...
SICK FACEBOOK RANTS...
Wore White Skull Face Mask...
8 members of ONE family dead...
Youngest Victim 18 Months...
Deadliest shooting at house of worship in history...
SMALL TOWN: A Post Office, No Traffic Light and Now Mass Murder...
Locals pursued fleeing gunman at 95mph...
Sharpshooting plumber hit him through gap in body armor...
Hero describes how tracked him down...
TRUMP: 'Fortunately, Somebody Else Had a Gun'...
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Texas church shooting victims include pastor's daughter, young
children
By Kaitlyn Schallhorn
At least 26 churchgoers were killed when
a gunman opened fire inside First Baptist Church in Texas during Sunday’s
service.
Wilson County Sheriff Joe D. Tackitt Jr.
said once the shooting began inside the Sutherland Springs, Texas, church,
there was likely “no way” for congregants to escape. The youngest victim was an
18 month old, according to officials.
Pastor Frank Pomeroy and his wife were
out of town Sunday during the attack – but their youngest daughter, Annabelle,
attended the service. The 14-year-old was among those killed, according to
relatives.
“We lost more than Belle yesterday. One
thing that gives me a sliver of encouragement is that Belle was surrounded
yesterday by her church family that she loved fiercely and vice versa,” Sherri
Pomeroy, her mother, said Monday.
“As senseless as this tragedy was, our
Belle would not have been able to deal with losing so much family yesterday,”
she continued. “Please don’t forget Sutherland Springs.”
Sherri Pomeroy had previously said she
and her husband were out of town when the shooting happened. She thanked
American Airlines for helping her to return home to Texas.
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2 men in truck chase
down Texas church shooter: 'Let's go'
By WILL WEISSERT
Langendorff told The
Associated Press on Monday: "He jumped in my truck and said, 'He just shot
up the church, we need to go get him.' And I said 'Let's go.'"
Officials say
26-year-old Devin Patrick Kelley killed 26 people at First Baptist Church in
Sutherland Springs on Sunday.
The 27-year-old
Langendorrf, who is from Seguin, says he and the unidentified armed resident
chased Kelley's vehicle at speeds approaching 90 mph, before he crashed.
Langendorff said the
unidentified armed resident approached the vehicle with his gun drawn, but
Kelley didn't move.
Police found Kelley
dead.