Gunman Devin Kelley, the former US serviceman who killed 26 churchgoers in Texas, had escaped from a mental hospital back in 2012.<br /><br />At the time he had been facing a court-martial on domestic violence charges after assaulting his wife and stepson.<br /><br />A police report has also disclosed that Kelley had later been arrested at a bus station and officers were told he was a danger to himself.<br /><br />The assault charge should have legally barred him from owning guns. But the Air Force acknowledged it inexplicably failed to enter his conviction into a government database that all licensed firearms dealers are required to use to screen prospective gun buyers for their criminal history.<br /><br />The Air Force will review domestic violence reporting after Texas church shooting https://t.co/TJpDyFbJlE— TIME (@TIME) November 8, 2017<br /><br />Kelley’s troubled background has been a focus of investigators in Sutherland Springs since he stormed the church there with a semi-automatic rifle and opened fire on worshipers.<br /><br />Kelley eventually killed himself during a failed gettaway attempt after he was wounded by an armed civilian.<br /><br />The massacre which ranks as the deadliest mass shooting by a single gunman in Texas history has rekindled an ongoing debate over gun ownership.<br /><br />Message to Trump and the NRA<br /><br />Sister of Texas church shooting victim: ‘No more guns’ CNN https://t.co/36JSx72O8d— Richard W. Painter (RWPUSA) November 7, 2017<br />
