Posted on 11/06/2017 4:03:31 AM PST by ETL
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Stephen Willeford, 55, grabbed his own rifle and rushed to confront Devin Kelley after being told an attack was underway by his daughter.
As he arrived outside the church he came face-to-face with Kelley.
Mr Willeford, a plumber with no military experience, shot him in the side through a gap in his body armour, forcing the killer to flee.
Mr Willeford and another passing resident, Johnnie Langedorff, then chased him at almost 100 miles per hour in a car as the wounded killer tried to make a getaway after taking a hostage.
Kelley is said to have killed 26 people – including a child aged five – when he stormed into the church on Sunday dressed in black tactical gear and armed with an assault rifle.
Freeman Martin, regional director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, said: “The suspect dropped his rifle, which was a Ruger AR assault-type rifle, and fled from the church. The man then chased the gunman.”
Mr Langedorff said: “He got a little bit of a jump on us. So we were doing about 95 miles per hour, going around traffic and everything.
“He just lost control and that’s whenever I put the vehicle in park. The other gentleman jumped out and had his rifle drawn on him and he didn’t move after that.”
Kelley was found a short distance away in his crashed vehicle, dead from a bullet wound. He had several more guns in his car, but the hostage was unhurt.
Police are still trying to establish whether Kelley died from Mr Willeford’s shot, or if he committed suicide.
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Speaking at a news conference in Japan, Mr Trump said: “Fortunately somebody else had a gun that was shooting in the opposite direction, otherwise it would have been – as bad as it was – it would have been much worse.”
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He [mass murderer Devin Kelley] served in logistics readiness at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, and was jailed for one year in 2012 on two counts alleging assault on his wife Danielle Shields and their child.
In 2014, he was kicked out of the military.
Old school friends described Kelley, who lived in nearby New Braunfels, Texas, as a “creep” who made no secret of his anti-religious views.
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.’
On Kelley’s Facebook page, he appeared to have a fascination with guns. He had recently shared a photo of an AR-15 style gun with the caption: ‘She’s a bad b***h.”
Kelley’s 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.
True indeed.
Was she there?
If so, was she killed or hurt?
Expect this to get bluer...
I thought that was Utah...
I do good just picking up a piece of paper as of today. Thumb surgery to repair a blown joint, torn ligaments and Trigger Lock, the hard cast put pressure on wrist nerves and damaged them AFTER 10 weeks of Physio my hand is still not usable for fine motor skills. Index finger is nearly as frozen as the thumb. I’ve 3 treatments left, and then Medicare/Tricare Life says your done for the year, even if the rehab is not working.
I’m doing 2 finger typing.....Can’t even turn a door knob or use eating utensils. Much less finer skills. Weight lift is 1 lb. That won’t even lift my Taurus Ultra Lite. Much less pull the trigger at this point.
Yeah, but non-Newtonian fluids are not confined to cornstarch and water curiosities. They’re making motorcycling and riot armor out of other compositions and thousands of cars (more every year) are made with non-Newtonian fluids in their shock absorbers.
You are probably, I was remembering a movie, I think with Jennifer Tilly, being defended for the murder of her husband. That defense was the best her lawyer could come up with.
A good old boy.
Always use the Double Tap.
Indeed the quick and the dead.
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