Texas law enforcement officials said that the shooting was not racially or religiously motivated, rather it was connected to a "domestic situation going on within [his extended] family, which wouldn't be a first for him". But his mother-in-law was not inside the church when Kelley sprayed bullets on worshippers. However, the gunman's grandmother-in-law was present at the church when Kelley stormed in from the backdoor, firing all the way to the front and firing on his way back out of the church, authorities said. He killed his grandmother-in- law during the attack, friends of the woman told the media. Texas Governor Greg Abbott called the slaughter "the largest mass shooting" in the state's history and ordered flags across the state to fly at half-staff.

Source: dna November 07, 2017 09:10 UTC