Who was Sutherland Springs gunman Devin Patrick Kelley?

The gunman who killed at least 26 people and wounded 20 others has been identified by police only as a young white male – but US media has named him as 26-year-old Devin Patrick Kelley.

Mr Kelley began military service with the US Air Force in 2010 and served in its logistical readiness department based at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico.

Two years later, his career nose-dived. He was court-martialled in 2012 and sentenced to a year in military prison and a demotion for assaulting his wife and child. He was released from the military with a bad-conduct discharge in 2014.

A CNN report says that he falsely completed a background check at the store where he purchased the weapon, and omitted to mention that he had a criminal history.
Mr Kelley’s Facebook page has been deleted, but showed a profile picture of him with two small children. It also featured a photo of what appears to be an assault rifle, and a Mark Twain quote: “I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.”

The alleged killer’s LinkedIn page has still not been deleted – it lists the causes he cares about to include animal welfare, arts and culture, children and civil rights. He describes himself as a “hard working, dedicated person”