Loading ...Texas shooting: Gunman Devin Kelley ‘had row with mother-in-law’
Texas church gunman Devin Patrick Kelley was armed with three guns and had argued with his mother-in-law before the rampage, officials say.
The attack on the small church outside San Antonio during Sunday services left 26 people dead – half were children.
Kelley called his father after he was shot by an armed bystander and said he did not think he would survive.
US officials said he was not legally permitted to own the weapons, including a semi-automatic rifle and two pistols.
Freeman Martin, the regional director for the Texas Department of Public Safety, told reporters it appeared that Kelley died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after first being shot by a “good Samaritan”.
“This was not racially motivated, it wasn’t over religious beliefs,” Mr Martin said.
“There was a domestic situation going on with the family and in-laws,” he said, adding that Kelley had sent threatening texts to his mother-in-law.
“We know that he expressed anger towards his mother-in-law, who attends this church,” Mr Martin added.