TEXAS CHURCH SHOOTER BROKE INFANT SON'S SKULL WHILE IN AIR FORCE, KILLED WIFE'S GRANDMOTHER IN ATTAC

TEXAS CHURCH SHOOTER BROKE INFANT SON'S SKULL WHILE IN AIR FORCE, KILLED WIFE'S GRANDMOTHER IN ATTACK
BY CHRISTAL HAYES ON 11/6/17 AT 5:46 PM

The gunman who opened fire in a rural Texas church, killing 26, which reportedly included his wife's grandmother, was an atheist who may have been targeting his estranged wife's family in Sunday's attack.

Authorities are still probing Devin Patrick Kelley's background and what caused him to snap and target a peaceful congregation Sunday afternoon, leaving both children and adults dead. But a clearer image of the gunman and a possible motive has started to come into focus: He'd been fired, divorced, thought Christians were stupid and had beaten his wife and fractured his step-son's skull while serving in the Air Force.

“He was always talking about how people who believe in God were stupid and trying to preach his atheism,” Kelley's former classmate Nina Rosa Nava posted to Facebook, according to The New York Times.

She and others said they deleted Kelley because of his negative and odd posts. But investigators have said they do not think Kelley's religious beliefs played a role in the attack, but rather, a domestic situation.

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