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Posted: 2017-11-05T19:28:22Z | Updated: 2017-11-06T22:15:20Z
  • At least 26 are dead and 20 others injured after a gunman opened fire at a small Baptist church in rural Texas on Sunday morning. The ages of the wounded and dead range from 18 months to 77 years.
  • Officials identified the suspect as 26-year-old Devin Patrick Kelley. He is now deceased.
  • Kelley was previously a member of the United States Air Force, serving at a base in New Mexico. He was court-martialed for assault on his wife and child.

SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas More than 100 people gathered outside the post office here on Sunday night, just blocks away from the First Baptist Church where a lone gunman killed 26 members of this tight-knit community on Sunday morning. It was the worst mass killing in the states history.

Who are we going to be tomorrow? Stephen Curry, a pastor from a nearby church, asked the crowd. Were going to be people of love.

Amen! the audience exclaimed.

Mourners held candles and raised their open palms in the air as religious leaders urged them to help their neighbors heal. Reminders of the tragedy were all around them. Behind the vigil, the lights of a police car continued to flash, and the road toward the church remained blocked off.