No Images? Click here The gunman accused of committing the deadliest mass shooting in modern Texas history sent threatening texts to his mother-in-law before targeting the church where she sometimes worshiped, authorities said on Monday.Devin Kelley, 26, opened fire on the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs on Sunday, killing 26 people and wounded 20 others. He was later found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.“It’s a senseless crime, but we can tell you that there was a domestic situation going on within this family,” said Freeman Martin, the regional director of the Texas Department of Public Safety. “He had expressed anger toward his mother-in-law.”As information has emerged about Kelley’s background, he appears to share a common trait with many American mass shooters: a history of domestic violence.In 2012, Kelley, who served at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, was court-martialed for assault on his spouse and assault on a child. “He assaulted his stepson severely enough that he fractured his skull, and he also assaulted his wife,” Don Christensen, a former chief prosecutor for the Air Force, told the New York Times. “He pled to intentionally doing it.”That year, his then-wife filed for divorce, according to court records. He was sentenced to 12 months behind bars, and received a bad conduct discharge. In 2014 he was remarried, according to the Times.![]() WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING?The victims of the Texas church shooting include a pastor's daughter, a five-year-old boy and too many more. Half the people killed in the massacre were children.The Russian lawyer who met with Donald Trump Jr. claims he offered a quid pro quo. “Looking ahead, if we come to power, we can return to this issue and think what to do about it,’’ Trump Jr. said during the June 2016 meeting, according to Natalia Veselnitskaya.After the Texas massacre, the state's attorney general called for more guns at church. “This is going to happen again,” Ken Paxton said.ICYMI
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