Former classmates remembered Kelley as an outsider who seemed to have gotten darker after high school. Authorities said during a press conference Monday that Kelley was involved in some kind of domestic dispute with his relatives. She hopes his hold on her will weaken with the passage of time. Members of the FBI investigate the shooting scene. You are also agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A few months later, he registered to vote in Colorado Springs, Colorado a city with several Air Force bases listing his address as parking space 60 at the Fountain Creek RV Park. She cried for the loss of her husband and her children's father. We kind of exchanged words, then I said, The heck with it. They both remarked on how he was always the one to speak his mind, while she tended to avoid confrontation. Here is what we know about the suspected attacker. Devin Kelley was identified as the man responsible for a mass shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas Sunday that killed 26 people. I wish there was something that we would have picked up that maybe could have helped somebody else, said Claudia Varjabedian, for whom Kelley worked as a security guard at a local resort until last Saturday. I didn't want to be a single mom. Danielle would comment on how Devin's new beard made him look old. CBS News reported that Kelley has a wife named Danielle Lee Shields. In November 2012, Kelley was convicted of two charges of domestic assault and sentenced to 12 months in confinement at Naval Consolidated Brig Miramar in San Diego. He developed a fatalistic attitude. Kelley was previously married to a woman whom he lived with at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, where . Six months before the massacre, while living in Sutherland Springs, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) southeast of San Antonio, Devin grew more depressed, his temper grew shorter, and he grew less tolerant, she said. After Kelley was discharged from the Air Force in 2014, he remarried in Texas, to Danielle Lee Shields, in April of that year, according to state records. You just mind your own business.. She said the marriage "had its ups and downs like any other relationship. The page also said Shields was once a coach for Special Olympics and a behavioral leader in the past, and that she volunteered with the elderly. "We had no secrets," Danielle said. he shrieked, firing rapidly. Danielle Kelley holds her daughter, Raeleigh, as she talks with Kris Workman, who was paralyzed by a shot fired by Kelley, after the first service Kelley attended at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, since the Nov. 5 shooting, on June 17, 2018. The massacre killed 25 churchgoers, including a pregnant woman and seven of her family members, as well as Danielles grandmother. First responders work at the rear of the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs in response to a fatal shooting, Nov. 5, 2017, in Sutherland Springs, Texas. In seven minutes, he killed 26 people and wounded 20 others. It has not been confirmed if the two were separated or having marital problems, however, a source told Heavy that the womans family didnt approve of Kelley. After she divorced Mr. Brassfield Mrs. Shield married Benjamin Shields; in April 2003; together they have one son, David. Danielle Shields-Kelley is the wife of Devin Patrick Kelley, who was identified as the shooter who walked into the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, on Sunday and killed. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. Danielle Lee Shields is the former spouse of Devin Kelley. Mrs. Michelle Shields; the mother-in-law of Devin Patrick Kelley, she attended the church where her son-in-law killed 26 people including the 14-year-old daughter of Pastor Frank Pomeroy, whose wife Sherri is very close to Mrs. Shields. He ranked 260th out of 393 students in the New Braunfels High School Class of 2009, with a grade average of 77.6, according to school records. Devin was homeschooled before attending New Braunfels High School, where he graduated in 2009. At the time of Sundays shooting, Kelley had worked five weeks at another nighttime security job at Summit Vacation Resort and RV park, a pastoral spot near the Guadalupe River, about 10 miles from his parents house. He was charged with two counts of assault, one aggravated. He'd wink at her flirtatiously. He was a family person. Outside the Kelley familys home, police cars were parked in front of a cattle gate. Even before they wed, there were signs of problems. It could have been because of her mother, as others have speculated, but she's not sure. "I was the weird, awkward kid that had a lot of issues," she said. The buildings and land have a combined market value of about $800,000, according to appraisal district records, which also reflect business personal property there worth about $500. A source described the gunman to Heavy as an angry and antisocial person who was not accepted by his wifes family. But she has come to feel that she can't continue on the long road to recovery without the thought of God holding her hand. In addition to the home, the property, which the family bought in 1993, includes a garage and porch that was built in 1994. Records show Kelley was charged with cruelty to animals, a misdemeanor, in August 2014. In a series of interviews with the San Antonio Express-News, Danielle Kelley, 23, described for the first time publiclyher life with Devin and the events leading to the Sutherland Springs church massacre. I suggest you don't test my resolve.". The Holcombe family lost nine of their own, spanning three generations, including an 18-month-old girl. 2023 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved. They pleaded with him to stop, not realizing it was already too late. And I felt alone. Read more of her stories here. In a series of interviews with the San Antonio Express-News, Danielle Kelley said her husband, Devin Kelley, behaved strangely detached that morning until he put their 2-year-old son in the bedroom and forced her into the bedroom, where he bound her to the bed using rope, handcuffs and tape as their son cried. To be completely honest, Im really not surprised this happened, and I dont think anyone who knew him is very surprised either.. The Air Force has no record of Kelley serving overseas; just before the burglary was reported, Kelley had been serving time in a military prison for his domestic violence conviction. "It's difficult because it's not the same," she said. Part of HuffPost News. Even now, Danielle clings to better memories of Devin, the boy she had fallen in love with when she was a teenager and later married. "I just didn't want to deal with life. Then came a domestic violence incident that ended his first marriage at age 21, gave him a 12-month sentence in a military prison and contributed to a bad-conduct discharge from the Air Force in 2014. Activity. Michelle said she thinks her daughter is still under Devin's spell. Some congregants shake uncontrollably at loud sounds. Rene Moreno, right, holds back tears as he speaks with a Texas state trooper at the scene of a shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs. Kelley married another woman, Danielle Lee Shields, in April 2014, according to public records. He was sentenced in November of that year to 12 months confinement and reduction to the lowest possible rank. (AP/AAP) Devin and Danielle married in April 2014 . Nine months after the massacre, Danielle struggles to reconcile her grief at losing Devin with her piercing guilt over the devastation he caused. To be completely honest, Im really not surprised this happened, and I dont think anyone who knew him is very surprised either.. Scares the hell out of me, Varjabedian said of the spasm of violence by Kelley that ended with him taking his own life. He philosophized about angels and demons, right and wrong, and questioned how much control people have in their lives. Editor's note: This story was being written as new information and reports became available. Fellow students recall Kelley as an introvert who kept mostly to himself and had an ever-changing array of friends. Even though he went off and ruined more peoples lives than I could ever imagine.. And he said to Michael: "I'll be right back.". Investigators will look at his social media posts made in the days prior to Sunday's attack -- including one that appeared to . We, AOL, are part of the Yahoo family of brands. They watched his black boots move up and down the sanctuary as bodies fell. Devin scrambled into his gray SUV. A woman living in a camper next door, who gave her name only as Susan, said a man of similar age and description lived in spot 60 for a few months during that time, but she never learned his name. SAN ANTONIO -- The wife of the man who opened fire at a Texas church last November, killing more than two dozen people before killing himself, says he tied her to their bed before leaving for the shooting. He was not a good fit, said Winter D. Prosapio, corporate director of communications at the company. Also known as Danielle Brassfield. The Texas Department of Public Director Freeman Martin told ABC News that Kelley was wearing all black, including a ballistics vest, at the time of the shooting. They became reclusive. Click Manage settings for more information and to manage your choices. Texas Department of Public Safety troopers stand outside the First Baptist Church. He assaulted his stepson severely enough that he fractured his skull, and he also assaulted his wife, said Don Christensen, a retired colonel who was the chief prosecutor for the Air Force. Following the deadliest mass shooting in Texas history, Danielle Shields was identified as the wife of alleged gunman Devin Kelley. Devin Kelley and Danielle Lee Shields were married April 4, 2014, in Comal County. "I just shot up the Sutherland Springs church," he said. Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP. It bore a sign: No trespassing.. The home of Devin Patrick Kelley in New Braunfels, Texas, photographed on Monday. A police official told the Daily Beast that it is "assumed" that the rifle Kelley used in the church massacre was the same on featured on Facebook. Kris Workman will likely never walk again. Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, Karen, talk with Johnnie Langendorff and his girlfriend, Summer Caddell, third from right, as they visit with first responders, family, friends and victims outside the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs. May 9, 2014: Kelley officially left the Air Force. The sheriff revealed on November 6 that Danielles parents, despite their ties to the church, were not there when the shooting unfolded. Her home in Sutherland Springs proved not to be the safe place she intended for her daughter. They own a billing service that incorporated in 1990, called Dilloware, which appears to operate from the familys home in a rural area just west of New Braunfels. Kleiber did not respond to a request for comment. Danielle watched her husband closely. When Michelle would argue with Devin, he would tell her that Danielle could make her own decisions. "Sometimes people can get out of that depression, and other times it takes the best of them. Danielle Shields Kelley: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know, Copyright 2023 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. ", Danielle has plans to get a tattoo. Gunman in church attack was convicted of fracturing stepsons Sutherland Springs gunman had a history of Air Force disciplinary problems. ", Case Leal, 8, of La Vernia, looks at stones, each etched with the name of one of the 26 victims, along one side of First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs on May 10, 2018. Ugh.. Some neighbors said they sometimes heard gunfire from the property. Danielle said her biological parents had abused her before Child Protective Services removed her and Michelle Shields adopted her as a 4-year-old. Kelley was suspended off campus for possessing/selling drugs in 2006, for profane language in 2007, for insubordination in 2007 and 2009, and again in 2009 for dishonesty/falsifying records. Over the years we all saw him change into something that he wasnt. Jenny Jarvie is a national reporter for the Los Angeles Times based in Atlanta. He also accumulated more than a dozen magazines, each with a capacity of 30 bullets. Nothing that led me to think he was about [to] do anything close to this, though., It wasnt until after high school that he changed and got super creepy, Emily Elizabeth Robb wrote, noting that she and her friends would talk about the messages Kelley would send them. #DanielleLeeShields #DevinKelley #SutherlandSprings #MichelleShields. CBS News reports Kelley. His family lived a comfortable, upper-middle-class life, with his father running a software company that specializes in billings. "He just had a lot of demons or hatred inside of him," she told "Inside Edition.". She hopes others who need help will hear her story and not be afraid to seek counseling. She was a distraught preteen, with a thick stripe of bleached blonde hair and marks on her wrists and legs from cutting herself. Michelle Shields, Danielle's mother, said in an interview earlier this year that Devin was a controlling, abusive husband and Danielle was a wife who often accepted it. Kelley was a 26-year-old white man from New Braunfels, Texas. In 2012, while stationed at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, Devin P. Kelley, 26, was charged with assault on his spouse and assault on their child, according to the Air Force. Danielle did as he asked. Long-lost ship found at the bottom of Lake Huron, confirming story of tragic collision, TikTok to set default daily time limit of 60 minutes for minors. Greg Abbott told ABCs Good Morning America. He was a very deranged individual, he said. He pled to intentionally doing it.. He was kind of off, lived here with a woman, she said as she loaded blankets into one of the RV parks washing machines. They were close friends for years before they dated. He was very sick in the head, Kelleys former girlfriend Katy Landry told NBC News. According to Texas marriage license records, Kelley was married to Danielle Shields on April 4, 2014 in Comal County. Authorities put the official death toll at 26 because one of the victims was pregnant. Authorities say Kelley was estranged from his wifes family and had threatened Danielles mother, Michelle, before the church attack. He wrote on his Facebook page that he "did not fear death". Copyright 2023 IBTimes LLC. Then Devin forced his wife, screaming and crying in protest, into the bedroom. In 2012, Devin was court-martialed for fracturing his stepson's skull and assaulting his then-wife, a conviction that led to his bad conduct discharge from the Air Force. The man reportedly lived in his parents $1 million home, according to the New York Times. Lisa Krantz is a staff photographer for the San Antonio Express-News. On the morning of Sunday, Nov. 5, Devin Kelley asked his wife Danielle to make him a light breakfast, an unusual request considering he normally ate a heaping plate of tacos. "I think she was afraid of him. Michelle's daughter Danielle Lee Shields was married to Devin Kelley, who opened fire at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, killing 26 people and injuring more before killing himself. I didnt notice anything particular about him, she said. By clicking Accept all you agree that Yahoo and our partners will process your personal information, and use technologies such as cookies, to display personalised ads and content, for ad and content measurement, audience insights, and product development. What we know about Devin Kelley, the Texas shooting suspect The New York Times,November 6, 2017, 2:54 p.m. Michelle Shields Devin Kelleys mother-in-law, Pam Baker Cocker: Singer Joe Cockers Wife, Melinda Trucks Allman Brothers Butch Trucks Wife, Armstead Edwards: Patti LaBelles Ex- Husband, Juli Briskman Fired for Flipping Off Pres. All atheism and gun posts, Reid Mosis wrote. "I did pick him over her," Danielle said. The killing spree had ended outside the church, in a shootout with Stephen Willeford, a neighbor who had heard the gunfire and ran out barefoot with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle. Twitter Following the deadliest mass shooting in Texas history,. The Jacksons, watching media reports on the shooting back in Michigan, wondered if the agitated guard theyd met at the Summit was the bearded gunman. Sometimes Danielle would tell Michelle about the mental and physical abuse he inflicted, Michelle said. But then the next minute, she'd pretend it never happened. / CBS/AP. Between 2016 and 2017, authorities say, Kelley purchased two rifles and two handguns. I had always known there was something off about him. The account says that after the military, Kelley worked as an aid at a Bible school in Kingsville, Texas, helping their minds grow and prosper.. Powered by. But Danielle said she had no idea Devin was capable of carrying out such an attack, despite several red flags through the years. Devin Patrick Kelley's current wife and mother of at least one of his two young daughters is Danielle Lee Shields, 22. No action was taken by deputies, whose report referred to the situation as a teenage drama.. And then it came to where Devin knew everything about me," she said. He harassed me anytime I was in school, she said. A LinkedIn account appearing to belong to Kelley says he served in the U.S. Air Force from his high-school graduation in 2009 until 2013. When he walked up to me, we were just talking about animals. We just talked and hung out and then we got really close. "And how could you destroy so many other people because you couldn't face things in life?". After breakfast they sat quietly on the couch while "Alaska State Troopers" played on TV. Danielle told only one other person about the sexual abuse: her best friend, Devin Kelley. She saw him put on his military-style, tactical gear and a bulletproof vest. The more she tried to save her, Michelle said, the further Danielle withdrew. She admired Karla and Bryan Holcombe's loving relationship. "We know that he expressed anger towards his mother-in-law who was in this church," Texas Department of Public Safety regional director Freeman Martin said. "He was slowly becoming not the person that he was," Danielle said. She is a Texas State University graduate with degrees in journalism and business administration, and previously worked for the Austin American-Statesman, the San Antonio Express-News and the University Star. "People thought he was really weird, and this awful person, but I could never see that in him," Danielle said. Ive been creeped out about that since we were there. he said. Until, that is, Kelley vanished around 8:30 p.m. Saturday, less than 15 hours before donning tactical gear and attacking the church located about 35 miles south, where some in the family of his second wife worshipped. Roughly four months later, Kelley was charged with cruelty to animals while living in an RV park in Colorado Springs, reports the Times. "The devil had a hold of him," said Fred. According to his Linkedin profile, Kelley described himself as serving in the U.S Air Force. It wasnt the last time deputies were sent there. Friends on Facebook said that in recent years, Kelley had become vocally anti-Christian, to the point where many stopped communicating with him. Kelley, a former United States Air Force airman, was reportedly court-martialed in 2012 for assaulting his then-wife Tessa and their child. Stephen Willeford, left and Johnnie Langendorff, who both chased after gunman Devin Kelley, meet again during a vigil in Sutherland Springs on Monday. Greg Abbott embraces a woman during a candlelight vigil for the victims of the mass shooting. Kelley, whose father, Michael Kelley, is a computer programmer and accountant, enlisted in the Air Force soon after graduating from New Braunfels High School in 2009. The three huddled around the phone. After they married in 2014, Devin Kelley accompanied her everywhere. We had joked that night about how much of a jerk he was, said Jackson, who also detected hostility from Kelley when he and wife, Meghan, brought their two kids to the pool. That was totally him and, based on our 30-second interaction, he did not seem like a nice guy, wrote Elizabeth Nitz, his sister, Jackson said. After killing at least 26 people in the church, Kelley was found dead in his car. Some of those who grew up with Devin Kelley in this sprawling city northeast of San Antonio had seen him change over the years once just an outsider, he suddenly seemed hostile and argumentative. He would never have hurt anybody. She was 13. Another woman told the San Antonio Express-News that Kelley forced himself on her sexually after she befriended him in 2011, an account she shared with her parents and others but not with police. So, so many people,'" Danielle recalled. Or little factors that say 'You're not the same person,'" she said. Danielle Shields-Kelley was the wife of Texas mass shooter Devin Kelley, who opened fire at First Baptist Church killing 26 people and injuring several more. She was cared for by her grandmother, Lou White. He and Danielle Kelley kept in touch, although he was married to another woman. Danielles mother, Michelle Shields, a devoted member of First Baptist Church, appeared to have been Devins target in the shooting, though she wasnt there that day, the Express-News reported. No matter what, I will love him, Danielle said of Devin, who left behind the couples two infant children. Close Menu. Kathleen and Fred Curnow watched Devin leave the church from the window of their house. My wife responded Not to mention that he told you the complete wrong way to go. Shes much closer to this tragedy than most people, having recently hired Kelley as an unarmed security guard at the Summit Vacation and RV Resort, where shes the business manager. At first, the worshipers inside thought they were hearing fireworks. When they did, he said, they were misdirected by Kelley, who patrolled the resort in a small SUV. Danielle Shields-Kelley is the wife of Devin Patrick Kelley, who was identified as the shooter who walked into the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, on Sunday and killed at least 26 people while wounding about 20 more. The suspects mother-in-law had attended this church. Devin's ex-wife, Tessa Brennaman, said in November that she lived in constant fear of him. After he joined the Air Force and married another woman, they corresponded through letters. 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Shields has said Devin was a controlling and abusive husband, and that her son-in-law had sent her threatening text messages prior to the attack. They were married two months later. He later frantically phoned Danielle, who put the call on speakerphone for his parents, who had untied her. By 2017, he had returned to a house in New Braunfels that records show was owned by his parents. One-year-old Raeleigh has wide-set brown eyes and a dimpled chin like her father. The gunman who killed at least 26 people in a small Texas church Sunday has been identified as 26-year-old Devin Kelley, CBS News and the New York Times reported. He told Danielle that a God wouldn't let people like him and her go through such hardships. Michelle adopted Danielle through Child Protective Services when she was 4 years old. Suicide was not far from Danielle's mind the first few months after the massacre. Her adoptive mother, Michelle Shields, has said her son-in-law was controlling and abusive to her daughter, who often accepted the abuse. She would cry again when she discovered who was among the dead. Debbie Marx, a church member, also saw Kelley at the festival with his wife and a child. Across New Braunfels, flags flew at half-staff Monday outside churches, RV parks and gun stores. Neighbors along FM 2722 reported this week that the sound of gunshots was common in recent weeks, coming from the direction of the Kelley property, sometimes for hours. While stationed at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico in 2012, Kelley assaulted his stepson so severely he fractured his skull and also attacked his wife, Tessa. Those records also indicate that the shooters family was from the same town. Parents and grandparents shielded their children. They shared the same birthday. Some of those who grew up with Devin Kelley in this sprawling city northeast of San Antonio had seen him change over the years once just an outsider, . Send her tips atsfosterfrau@express-news.net. "We are all made up of bad," Danielle said. The suspect in the shooting at a Texas church on Sunday was identified as Devin Patrick Kelley. Devin Kelley raised a gun to his head and pulled the trigger. Devin's Ford Expedition veered off into a ditch. She said he confided in her about the problems in his marriage to Tessa Brennaman, his first wife. Danielle saw her mother less and less. "I feel awful," said Danielle, tears in her eyes as she clutched a blanket. He did his rounds every hour like he was supposed to do.. He would never have hurt anybody," Danielle said. She wavers between defending him and acknowledging that there were "red flags" for years. Devin Kelley then went to First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs and killed 25 people, more than half of whom were children. 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