Texas church shooting in Sutherland Springs: Latest on investigation
Authorities are continuing to investigate the mass shooting that left at least 26 people dead and 20 others wounded after a gunman opened fire inside a South Texas church.
Authorities believe the shooting suspect, Devin Patrick Kelley, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the sheriff in Sutherland Springs told CBS News.
Wilson County Sheriff Joe Tackitt told CBS News correspondent Jeff Glor that Kelley shot himself after he tried to get away from the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs.
Kelley was being chased by two men in a truck after attacking the church during Sunday morning services.
Follow along below for the latest updates. All times are Eastern unless otherwise noted.
Trump: Could have been "hundreds more dead"
5:50 a.m., Nov. 7: President Donald Trump said Tuesday that stricter gun control measures would have led to "hundreds" of additional casualties during a mass shooting at a south Texas church.
Mr. Trump says at a news conference in South Korea that, "If you did what you're suggesting, there would have been no difference three days ago and you might not have had that very brave person who happens to have a gun or a rifle in his trunk."
He'd been asked whether he would support "extreme vetting" for gun purchases like he's called for for people entering the country.
Mr. Trump said if local resident Stephen Willeford -- who grabbed his own rifle and exchanged fire with Kelley -- didn't have a gun, "instead of having 26 dead, you would have had hundreds more dead."
"So that's the way I feel about it," Mr Trump said, reiterating his stance that any hypothetical new gun control legislation is "not going to help."
Before giving his answer, President Trump said it was still "too soon" after the tragedy to be discussing measures to prevent mass shootings.
Sen. John Reed on U.S. Air Force fallout
11:40 p.m.: Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, and the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued a statement in the wake of the U.S. Air Force admitting a failure in reporting the Texas gunman's domestic violence conviction.
"The Texas church shooter should not have been able to legally purchase and own a gun. Clearly there was a breakdown in the system that needs to be addressed immediately," the statement read. "We need to get to the bottom of this case specifically, and every Service needs to investigate to determine if there are systemic issues that result in failure to report information on violent crimes, particularly domestic violence cases, to the FBI and NCIC database.
The statement continued: "All necessary steps should be taken, administratively and legislatively, to ensure that such a failure does not happen again."
Sen. John McCain makes statement about U.S. Air Force mistake
10:35 p.m.: Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, and Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released a statement touching upon the Air Force's admission that it failed to properly report the Texas gunman's records to federal law enforcement officials.
"My thoughts and prayers remain with the congregation in Sutherland Springs, Texas -- especially the families of the victims of this horrific shooting," the statement read. "The Air Force has acknowledged that after court martialing and convicting the perpetrator on charges of domestic assault, it failed to report the conviction to the FBI."
It continued: "The Senate Armed Services Committee will conduct rigorous oversight of the Department's investigation into the circumstances that led to this failure. It's critical that each of the military services take the steps necessary to ensure that similar mistakes have not occurred and will not occur in the future."
2 men who pursued gunman attend shooting vigil
10 p.m.: The two men who pursued the gunman after the Texas church shooting visited a vigil together and prayed with community members mourning the 26 people killed in the attack.
Stephen Willeford and Johnnie Langendorff arrived at the vigil with relatives Monday night. They locked arms in a circle and bowed their heads in extended prayer. Many wept openly, including Willeford, who could be seen wiping away tears streaming down his chin.
As the pastor shouted, "Jesus, this is your town," the prayer broke up and the two men left.
Willeford ran from his home with his rifle and confronted the gunman, Devin Kelley, outside the church Sunday. Authorities have said two of the bullets fired by Willeford hit Kelley in the leg and torso. The gunman fled in his vehicle.
Johnnie Langendorff was driving by the church when Willeford flagged him down and they pursued the gunman in Langendorff's truck. Kelley eventually crashed and was found dead in his vehicle.
Patients released from hospital
9:15 p.m.: Late Monday, two more patients from the shooting in Sutherland Springs were discharged from University Hospital, leaving two adults and two children still hospitalized of the nine who were brought here on Sunday. Their conditions range from serious to critical. At this point, we have no family members or patients interested in speaking publicly.
Retired couple checking out church among victims
9:06 p.m.: An Air Force couple who retired to La Vernia, Texas, was trying out churches when they were slain in Sunday's shooting in Sutherland Springs.
Robert Marshall tells the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that his son Scott and daughter-in-law Karen were first-time visitors to the First Baptist Church, the scene of a rampage that left dead 26 congregants including children.
Karen Marshall had recently returned to Texas after finishing an assignment at Maryland's Andrews Air Force Base.
Scott Marshall was retired from the Air Force and had been working as a civilian contractor and mechanic at Lackland Air Force Base, about 35 miles west of La Vernia.
The couple met while they were in the service together more than 30 years ago.
Another victim identified on Facebook by her family was 16-year-old Hailey Krueger.
Grandmother of gunman's wife killed in shooting
8:06 p.m.: Family members tell CBS News that Lula White, the grandmother of shooter's wife, was among those killed in the shooting.
15 magazines, 30 rounds each found at scene
7:39 p.m.: Law enforcement collected hundreds of shell casings, 15 magazines with 30 rounds each, at the scene of the shooting.
Authorities say they've collected hundreds of shell casings and 15 magazines that hold 30 rounds each at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, where Kelley opened fire Sunday.
Shooter suffered three gunshot wounds
7:20 p.m: Texas law enforcement authorities say the gunman who killed 26 members of a church on Sunday was shot three times, twice by a citizen.
Texas Department of Public Safety Regional Director Freeman Martin says Devin Kelley was shot in his leg and torso by a citizen who pursued him after hearing gunfire. Martin says the third was, "consistent with being self-inflicted."
Store owner sheltered bloodied shooting survivor
6:43 p.m.: The owner of a business across the street from the First Baptist Church says she sheltered one bloodied survivor.
Terrie Smith says she saw the shooter's body "shaking" from the recoil of his weapon as he opened fire outside the church Fighting back tears, Smith said she and several customers fell to the ground and crawled back to the store.
She says they locked themselves in and heard firing while the gunman was inside the church. Smith says that a victim ran out "all bloody in his arms and face."
"We let him in. He said 'somebody went in and shot everybody. My family is in there, my family is in there,'" she said.
Suspect worked as security guard at resort
6:14 p.m.: Devin Kelley earned four medals during his time in the Air Force, but his violent behavior at home ended his four-year military career.
After his discharge, Kelley married for the second time in 2014 when he moved back to Texas. He most recently worked as the overnight security guard at a resort in New Braunfels, Texas.
Resort manager Claudia Varjabedian says Kelley left a note on Saturday saying he had a headache and left work early. He was scheduled for work the day of the shooting, CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca reports.
"We thought he just didn't show up for work on Sunday, and then about 5:30 p.m., my maintenance manager said, 'have you not been watching the news?' and I turned it on and that's when we found out about him," Varjabedian tells Villafranca.
Deputies now block the entrance to the last place Kelley lived, a house registered to his parents, 40 miles north of San Antonio.
Air Force didn't submit shooter's criminal history to FBI
6:04 p.m.: CBS News' David Martin confirms that the U.S. Air Force didn't submit the shooter's criminal history to the FBI, as required by Pentagon rules. The Air Force said it has launched a review of how the service handled Kelley's criminal records.
Sen. Ted Cruz applauds citizen who confronted gunman
5:30 p.m.: Republican Sen. Ted Cruz says the "bravery and courage" of a citizen who shot back at the gunman in the Texas church attack should be celebrated. Cruz spoke to reporters Monday after talking to law enforcement officials and visiting the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs.
When a reporter asked Cruz about gun control, he noted the recent terrorist attack with a truck in New York and said "Evil is evil." He then lauded the "ordinary citizen" who engaged the gunman.
Cruz said that law enforcement officers showed him where the citizen hid behind a car and took incoming shots from the gunman. Cruz said he asked law enforcement what would have happened if the citizen had not used his own gun to confront Kelley. Cruz said they responded that the death toll would have been higher.
Suspect fractured infant stepson's skull in 2012
5:00 p.m.: Suspect Devin Kelley is a former U.S. Air Force member who served from 2010 to 2014. He was court-martialed in 2012 for two counts of assault on his then-wife and assault on her child, an Air Force spokesperson said.
Col. Don Christensen, a retired Air Force chief prosecutor whose office prosecuted Kelley, told CBS News there were multiple instances in 2011 and 2012 when Kelley assaulted his then-wife and her son, who was his stepson. Kelley physically assaulted the boy, pushed him down, shook him and fractured his skull, causing a severe hematoma, Christensen said.
Kelley pleaded guilty to "diverse occasions" of assaulting son and wife, Christensen said. He received a bad conduct discharge, and reduction in rank and confinement for 12 months.
The Air Force tells CBS News Kelley's case was a general court martial, the most serious level of military trial proceedings. It is reserved for more serious criminal allegations, those substantially similar to felonies in civilian jurisdictions.
While personnel tried under general court martial can be subject to dishonorable discharge, Kelley received the less severe bad conduct discharge.
"A bad conduct discharge wouldn't keep you from getting a gun, but his convictions, what he was convicted of should have stopped him from getting a gun," Christensen said.
Suspect purchased guns in Colorado, Texas
4:35 p.m.: The shooting suspect, Devin Kelley, purchased four weapons in total, in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 -- two were bought in Colorado, and two in Texas, ATF officials said.
Three weapons were recovered at the scene -- a Ruger AR-556 rifle found at the church, and two handguns, a Glock 9mm and a Ruger 22, found in his car, according to Fred Milanowski, special agent in charge of the ATF Houston.
A law enforcement source tells CBS News' justice and homeland security correspondent Jeff Pegues that Kelley purchased the Ruger AR-556 from an Academy Sports and Outdoors location in San Antonio in April 2016, and one of the handguns, the Glock 9mm, at Specialty Sports in Colorado Springs in December 2014.
Mike Pence will meet with victims' families
4:35 p.m.: Vice President Mike Pence says he and and his wife, Karen Pence, will travel to Sutherland Springs, Texas, on Wednesday.
Pence announced on Twitter that he will meet with law enforcement and family members of those killed and injured in the attack. "We are with you Texas," Pence tweeted Monday.
Gunman arrested for animal cruelty in 2014
4:10 p.m.: Devin Patrick Kelley had been arrested for animal cruelty in Colorado in 2014. An El Paso County Sheriff's Office affidavit says deputies arrested Kelley at a Colorado Springs RV park where he lived.
One neighbor told a deputy that Kelley chased a young Husky, jumped on top of it and struck the dog with a closed fist several times. Another neighbor says Kelley grabbed the dog and threw it into the air then onto the ground, and dragged it to his camper.
Kelley initially refused to leave the camper to speak with officers in the Aug. 1, 2014 incident. He denied abusing the dog. Officers arrested Kelley for misdemeanor animal cruelty and took the Husky to a veterinary center. Kelley was given a deferred probationary sentence and was ordered to pay $368 in restitution. He complied with the sentence.
Flags lowered at U.S. Capitol
2:29 p.m.: In Washington, the flags at the U.S. Capitol were lowered to half-staff in remembrance of the victims in Sunday's attack.
House Speaker Paul Ryan posted a picture of the Capitol on Twitter on Monday.
1:39 p.m.: Deputies visited gunman's house in 2014
Authorities in Texas say law enforcement went to Devin Patrick Kelley's home three years ago to investigate a domestic violence complaint involving him and his then-girlfriend.
Paul Anthony, a spokesman for the Comal County district attorney's office, told The Associated Press that sheriff's deputies were called just after 10 p.m. on Feb. 1, 2014, to the New Braunfels home of Kelley and his family.
Citing a sheriff's office report, Anthony says a friend of Kelley's girlfriend told authorities she received a text message from the girlfriend that indicated "her boyfriend was abusing her." When sheriff's deputies arrived at the home, they were told by people in the house that there was no problem.
No arrests were made. Kelley married Danielle Shields two months later.
Kelley was discharged from the Air Force the same year after being punished for assaulting his spouse and child.
1:27 p.m.: Gunman's neighbors surprised he attacked church
Sutherland Springs, Texas, is a small town of only a few hundred people where everybody seems to know everybody else, and the community was still trying to process Sunday's attack.
Devin Patrick Kelley came from a nearby town, and his neighbors were surprised to learn he's the man accused of carrying out the shooting, CBS News correspondent Jeff Glor reports.
"It's pretty shocking to find out your neighbor just did something like that," Mark Moravitz said.
Moravitz's wife Terry Moravitz said she was stunned.
"What's going through my mind right now is I'm stunned," she said. "I would have never have thought this from my neighbor nor his son."
12:42 p.m.: Authorities tie 3 weapons to gunman
Authorities have tied three firearms to Devin Patrick Kelley following Sunday's attack.
Special Agent Fred Milanowski of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives told reporters during a news conference Monday that Kelley purchased all three weapons.
A Ruger 556 rifle was found at the First Baptist Church. Texas Department of Public Safety regional director Freeman Martin earlier said that Kelley dropped the rifle outside after being confronted by an armed area resident.
Milanowski said that two handguns, a Glock 9 mm and a Ruger .22-caliber pistol, were recovered from a vehicle where Kelley was found dead after a high-speed pursuit by a truck driver who was flagged down by the armed resident.
Martin said that Kelley didn't have a license to carry firearms.
12:11 p.m.: Church attack "wasn't over religious beliefs," authorities say
Texas authorities believe Devin Patrick Kelley's attack during Sunday morning services wasn't over religious beliefs.
Texas Department of Public Safety regional director Freeman Martin told reporters during a press conference that Kelley had sent threatening text messages to his mother-in-law, who Martin said attended services at First Baptist Church.
Earlier Monday, Wilson County Sheriff Joe Tackitt told CBS News that Kelley's ex-wife and former in-laws sometimes attended services at the church but were not there during Sunday's attack. Kelley had been married twice.
"We wanted to get that out there that this was not racially motivated, it wasn't over religious beliefs," Martin said. "There was a domestic situation going on within the family-in-laws."
11:37 a.m.: Gunman called dad during high-speed chase
Devin Patrick Kelley called his father during a high-speed chase after Sunday's attack, Texas authorities announced Monday morning.
Texas Department of Public Safety regional director Freeman Martin told reporters during a press conference that Kelley called his father on his cellphone while he was being chased by two men in a truck.
Kelley was wounded and told his father that he didn't think he was going to make it, Martin said. Kelley subsequently shot himself and died.
Before the chase, Kelley was shot outside the church by an area resident responding to the shooting. Kelley then fled in a vehicle.
The area resident then flagged down a man driving a truck, and the pair pursued Kelley.
10:45 a.m.: Gunman worked as Bible teacher, source says
Devin Patrick Kelley did some work as a Bible teacher, a law enforcement source told CBS News.
CBS News senior investigative producer Pat Milton reports it's not yet known for which church the gunman in Sunday's attack worked.
The law enforcement source said Kelley's page on the social networking site LinkedIn listed his job as a management consultant but doesn't say where he worked. Kelley had a high-school education.
10 a.m.: Calls for armed guards at churches after attack
There are calls in Texas and across the U.S. to post armed guards at churches to prevent acts of violence like Sunday's deadly attack. But some critics say that strategy could backfire, CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann reports.
Bishop Darnell Dixon believes the best way to protect his church in Raleigh, North Carolina, is with armed defenders.
"If I call people together, it is incumbent upon me to make sure that they are safe," Dixon said.
Dixon is voicing his concerns following Sunday's massacre -- and a long list of religious sanctuaries hit by gun violence.
In an effort to make it easier for places of worship to provide volunteer security services, Texas passed a law in June waiving state requirements on training, licensing and background checks.
9:20 a.m.: Gunman's ex-wife, in-laws occasionally attended targeted church
Devin Patrick Kelley's ex-wife and former in-laws sometimes attended services at the church he attacked Sunday, the sheriff in Sutherland Springs confirmed to CBS News.
Kelley's former family members were not in the First Baptist Church during the Sunday morning attack, Wilson County Sheriff Joe Tackitt said. The former in-laws drove to Sutherland Springs Sunday afternoon.
Kelley was married twice. He married his first wife in 2011 when he was 20 and married another woman in 2014.
8:40 a.m.: Sheriff says "strong people" in Sutherland Springs
The sheriff in Sutherland Springs told CBS News that Sunday's church attack will be traumatic for many residents in the Texas community, but he believes that they'll come together.
Wilson County Sheriff Joe Tackitt told CBS News correspondent Jeff Glor that he grew up in the community.
"This is a close-knit community," Tackitt said on "CBS This Morning." "I mean, everybody here in the community knows everyone, you know, and they help each other, and this is going to be traumatic for a lot of people, but they're going to come together. They're strong people."
8:16 a.m.: Authorities believe gunman killed himself
Authorities believe Devin Patrick Kelley died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the sheriff in Sutherland Springs told CBS News.
Wilson County Sheriff Joe Tackitt told CBS News correspondent Jeff Glor that Kelley shot himself after he tried to get away from the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs.
Kelley was being chased by two men in a truck after attacking the church during Sunday morning services.
Tackitt said Kelley "wrecked out" during the chase, and that's when Tackitt believes Kelley shot himself.