Texas Church Gunman Was Discharged From Air Force for Bad Conduct Devin P. Kelley was sentenced to confinement for a year, reduction in rank By Zusha Elinson and Ben Kesling
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The gunman who killed 26 people Sunday at a Texas church was discharged from the Air Force for bad conduct, according to court documents.
Authorities identified Devin Patrick Kelley, 26 years old, as the shooter. He was clad in black and wearing a ballistic vest when he opened fire at a Baptist church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, authorities said. Twenty people were injured in the attack.
Kelley fled the scene and was later found dead in his vehicle, police said. Police were investigating the circumstances of his death.
Kelley served in the U.S. Air Force but was court-martialed in 2012 and ultimately received a “bad conduct discharge,” according to court records. He was sentenced to confinement for 12 months and a reduction in rank to E-1.
Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek confirmed that Devin P. Kelley served in Logistics Readiness at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico from 2010 until his discharge in 2014.
Kelley was court-martialed in 2012 for two counts of assault on his spouse and on their child, Ms. Stefanek said.
Kelley lived in lived in the New Braunfels, Texas, area northeast of San Antonio, where he graduated from high school in 2009.
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