Hostage? First I heard of that.
Texas Department of Public Safety Regional Director Freeman Martin said that the neighbor, who has not yet been named, had 'grabbed his rifle and engaged the suspect.'.
Martin said that during the gunfight, Kelley dropped his Ruger assault rifle and got back in his SUV to flee the scene.
But another local resident, Johnnie Langendorff, who had witnessed the confrontation refused to let the shooter get away. Both he and the unnamed neighbor jumped in his truck and gave chase.
In a Facebook post, Langendorff's girlfriend Summer Caddel described how the pair had 'jumped in my boyfriend's truck and they chased that sick b*****d down in pursuit until the cops could catch up. He was able to run the shooter off of the road on 539!'
Langendorff told KSAT 12 that he'd been speeding at 95mph, while on the phone to dispatch, while the neighbor kept his rifle trained on the gunman's car.
As they approached a sharp curve in the road, near the 307 and 539, he said Kelley appeared to lose control and his car swerved off the road.
'That's when I put the truck in park,' he said. 'The other gentleman jumped out, and had his rifle on him. He didn't move after that.'
Caddel added that Kelley was gunned down within a few feet from her boyfriend.
Martin confirmed that police had found Kelley dead, saying that: 'We are not sure if it was self inflicted or if he was shot by a local resident.'
Cops also found multiple weapons and possible explosives in the vehicle.
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Johnnie Langendorff and Summer Caddel
Nina Rose Nava, who went to school with Kelley, said: He was always talking about how people who believe in God were stupid and trying to preach his atheism....
I half feel the awful urge to say that they should have given the shooter’s corpse extra bullets to make sure...
I questioned the hostage bit, too??
This monster Devin Kelley didn't just "snap" or go off his meds, he planned this atrocity to kill as many people as possible.
I think police are great, but you know what..?
they had absolutely no role in stopping this mass murderer.
they basically showed up and did the paperwork after it was all done.
From now on it looks like you’re gonna have to have a volunteer concealed carry parishioner at church next Sunday. These anti religious maggots are a menace. There’s no other solution.
Soulless eyes and a no-fly beard.
He really does fit the description of a mass murderer.
Thank the Lord that heroes with guns, Stephen Willeford and Johnnie Langendorff, were there to end this.
I especially like how Stephen Willeford waited until the murderer turned slightly, so that he could get a shot into the unprotected opening on the side of the gunman’s body armor.
"[Chris] Wards mother, Sandy Ward, told the New York Times that her daughter-in-law and three grandchildren were shot, including her 5-year-old grandson, who was shot four times and was in surgery Sunday evening.
I just started praying for everybody who was there, Sandy Ward told the Times of when she learned what happened. She was not at the 11 a.m. service Sunday because of her troubled knees and bad hip, according to the Times.
Ward posted on Facebook in November 2011 about his upcoming wedding, writing, getting married on nov 5 to joann i love my baby and she brings me nothing but happiness i love u joann ward.
The victims of the shooting also include the 14-year-old daughter of Pastor Frank Pomeroy, who was shot dead at the church. Pomeroy and his wife were out of town in Oklahoma for a rare weekend away, he told ABC News.
https://heavy.com/news/2017/11/chris-ward-not-sutherland-springs-texas-church-shooter-gunman/
Chris Ward
Hmmmm maybe what he chose this church.....Kelleys mother-in-law, Michelle Shields, is understood to be a parishioner at the First Baptist Church and was friends on social media with First Baptist Pastor Frank Pomeroy and his wife.
Let’s see how many media and politicians completely leave out the *fact* that the mass murderer was shot by a good guy with a gun.
Fox news is reporting the perp died from a self inflicted gunshot. They didn’t say if he was hit in the hip or anywhere else. That doesn’t take away from the fact that the armed citizen and the car chaser stopped the perp from carrying out any further mayhem.
Is it safe to say that Kelley is no longer an atheist? He absolutely chose his final destination as rejecting God leads to tragic results.
BIBLE SCHOOL Teacher Massacres 26 at Church
LIFELONG ATHEIST Massacres 26 at Church
The government should exercise more gun control - make sure every American is armed and carrying.
I suspect the church shooter is a result of the Trump-is-Hitler preaching from the Left. The Left is infusing its rabid base with the idea that the Left is literally being attacked and the Left should push back with “equal” violence.
I dsay again..Tejas, the land of queers and steers ...
The Chase..