The man who opened fire on a Texas church Sunday was an outspoken atheist who thought Christians were stupid, according to his former classmates.
Devin Patrick Kelley, 26, killed 26 people – including 8 members of a single family – at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, about 30 miles east of San Antonio. Kelley, who was a father of at least one child, often posted anti-Christian content on Facebook that drove several of his friends to block him.
“He was always talking about how people who believe in God we’re [sic] stupid and trying to preach his atheism,” former New Braunfels High School classmate Nina Rose Nava posted on Facebook. “I legit just deleted him off my fb cause I couldn’t stand his post.”
Facebook user Christopher Leo Longoria replied to Nava, saying, “I removed him off FB for those same reasons! He was being super nagtive [sic] all the timd [sic].”
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Another classmate, who wished to keep her identity private, told the Daily Mail that Kelley “was different in school and creeped me out but never would I have thought he would do such a horrific thing.”
Yet another classmate, Patrick Boyce, said Kelley “was the first atheist I met. He went Air Force after high school, got discharged but I don’t know why.” As reported by Fox News, Kelley received a “bad conduct” discharge from the Air Force after charges of assault against his wife and child led to him being court-martialed. He was stationed at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico from 2010 until his discharge in 2014.
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As for why Kelley chose to attack Sutherland Springs, he reportedly had in-laws who attended the church. However, they were not present at the time of the massacre, which killed approximately half of the church’s members and 4% of the town. Kelley reportedly used a Ruger AR-556 rifle in the attack, which he purchased legally last year. He attempted to get a carry license in Texas, but the state denied him.
If there’s one good thing about this horrific story, it’s the man who attempted to stop Kelley. Johnny Langendorff heard the shooting and confronted Kelley outside the church before chasing him down in another neighbor’s truck. Police found Kelley dead from a gunshot wound about 8 miles from the church, but it’s unclear whether he killed himself or was shot by someone else.
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Well, it is now coming in to focus! He got a “BAD CONDUCT DISCHARGE” not a dishonorable discharge, which does not prohibit you from owning a gun. And he got Kicked out for being charged with Assaulting his wife and Child, the Daughter and grandchild of his in-laws who attended this Church! And he was an “ANTIFA WORSHIPER!!!!”
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFENSES DO PROHIBIT YOU FROM OWNING AND POSSESSING FIRE ARMS???.
WAS THIS MASSACRE SUPPOSED TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE ON NOV. 4TH,THE ANTIFA DAY THAT CALLED FOR MASS VIOLENCE
Danny, Don’t you have a calendar? The 4th was on Saturday. Maybe he was just a day late, and a dollar short. Plenty of ammo, though. Sadly.
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“As reported by Fox News, Kelley received a “bad conduct” discharge from the Air Force after charges of assault against his wife and child led to him being court-martialed. ”
THIS WAS WRONG….
He received a DISHONORABLE DISCHARGE. Which in itself is a FELONY..
He would have been barred from owning a firearm in the first place. And like we all know,, those criminals “ALWAYS” follow the law to a letter.
But,, like the democrats would like us to believe, all gun violence is committed by the gun, not the person puling the trigger of an inanimate object.
There are conflicting reports. But you can only get a “DISHONORABLE” for actions against the Military! A BAD CONDUCT DISCHARGE IS USUALLY RELATED TO CIVILIAN ACTIONS! AND DOES NOT STOP YOU FROM OWNING A GUN! BUT IT DID STOP HIM FROM GETTING A CCL!
Some people just don’t seem to know right from wrong today. Those without Biblical teachings or faith in GOD. One of the Ten Commandments state “Thou shalt not kill.” They don’t like what they hear but will finally realize on judgment day. Praying for the town of Sutherland Springs. May they be comforted in the knowledge their loved ones who have accepted Jesus as savior are in heaven.
What a tragedy of a crazed man thinking punishing others for his misery in life of his own making. Perhaps thinking is not the right word, but rather an absence of thinking.
The atheism issue is a smokescreen, as atheism is simply not theism. What’s more interesting is what one does stand for. HIs actions tell us all we need to know and atheism has nothing to do with it.
I have to agree with you. I am an Atheist. I don’t believe in religion. But I not going out shooting anyone. I would have been the type that shoots back and protects as many people as I could.
We have to focus on the mental illness of that person which could be of any faith.
Of course it does. Atheism IS a religion, for the same reason Christianity is, because it is a belief system that doesn’t require proof of its set of beliefs. Many atheists are militant, and violent. Many aren’t, just like members of other religious groups.