‘Kelley bought animals for target practice’ Texas pastor wanted memorial
Houston, Nov. 10: Texas shooter Devin Kelley, who killed 26 people inside a church, bought animals from an advertisements website and had used dogs as “target practice”, according to the gunman’s former Air Force colleague.
Jessika Edwards, who worked with Kelley at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico from 2010 to 2012, said the 26-yearold shooter had displayed a fascination with mass murders while he was enlisted in the Air Force.
“He would make jokes about wanting to kill somebody. And we would say, ‘wait, that’s not funny’,” Edwards was quoted as saying by the CNN. She said Kelley told her he was “using the dogs as target practice”. Edwards said Kelley had revealed to her that he had bought animals on Craigslist with the sole intention of killing them.
The morbid admission came in Facebook messages starting in 2014,
she said, after the two reconnected in civilian life. San Antonio: The pastor of the Texas church that was the scene of the United States’ latest mass shooting wants to demolish the building to create a memorial for the victims, an official said on Thursday.
Pastor Frank Pomeroy, whose 14-year-old daughter Annabelle was among those killed told national church governing officials of his wishes earlier this week. Resuming services in the same small rural church building would be an “emotional and physical impossibility,” Robert Oldham of the Southern Baptist Convention told said. “The church has not made a decision yet,” he added. “The pastor was sort of projecting forward what he thinks may be of the best interest of the congregation.”