Author: Jim Vertuno
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Carnage at small-town Texas church claimed 8 children
LA VERNIA, Texas — By the time Paul Brunner rolled up in his ambulance to the worst mass shooting in Texas history, the First Baptist Church was a chaotic triage scene. Parents cried and kids screamed, and nearly all the victims appeared to have been hit more than once. Two of the first four patients…
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Texas church gunman once escaped from mental health center
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas — The gunman who killed 26 people at a small-town Texas church was treated at a mental health center in New Mexico and briefly escaped in 2012, according to a police report. Devin Patrick Kelley was also caught trying to bring guns onto Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico when he…
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Gunman checked each aisle, shot babies at point-blank range
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas — The gunman who killed 26 people at a small-town Texas church went aisle to aisle looking for victims and shot crying babies at point-blank range, a couple who survived the attack said. Rosanne Solis and Joaquin Ramirez were sitting near the entrance to the First Baptist Church on Sunday when they…
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2 men in a truck chase down Texas church shooter: ‘Let’s go’
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SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas — A barefoot Texas man who grabbed his rifle and opened fire on the gunman who slaughtered 26 people at a small-town church was hailed as a hero Monday, along with the pickup truck driver who helped chase the killer down. “I didn’t want this and I want the focus to be…
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Church shooter sent mother-in-law threatening text messages prior to massacre
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SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas — The gunman who killed 26 people at a small-town Texas church had a history of domestic violence and sent threatening text messages to his mother-in-law, a member of First Baptist, before the attack in which he fired at least 450 rounds at helpless worshippers, authorities said Monday. A day after the…
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26 killed in church attack in Texas’ deadliest mass shooting
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas — A man dressed in black tactical-style gear and armed with an assault rifle opened fire inside a church in a small South Texas community on Sunday, killing 26 people and wounding about 20 in what the governor called the deadliest mass shooting in the state’s history. The dead ranged in age…
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Attacker kills 1, wounds 3 in stabbings at Texas university
AUSTIN, Texas — A student with a large hunting knife stabbed at least four people Monday on the University of Texas campus, killing one and seriously wounding the others before surrendering to police, authorities said. There was no immediate word about a motive. Student Rachel Prichett said she was standing in line at a food…
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Callers reported a swerving pickup before deadly bus crash
NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas — Authorities in two Texas counties said they received phone calls about a pickup driving erratically shortly before a head-on collision between a truck and church bus in southwest Texas that killed 13 people returning from a retreat. A traffic accident reconstruction specialist meanwhile suggested to The San Antonio Express-News that any…
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Buffaloes struggle in Alamo Bowl loss to Oklahoma State
SAN ANTONIO – Mason Rudolph passed for 314 yards and three touchdowns and No. 13 Oklahoma State’s defense smothered No. 11 Colorado in a 38-8 Alamo Bowl victory Thursday night. The victory gave the Cowboys their fifth 10-win season in seven years. James Washington caught nine passes for 171 yards and a touchdown before leaving…
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Colorado’s patience with coach Mike MacIntyre leads to bowl vs. Oklahoma State Cowboys
SAN ANTONIO – Colorado put its faith in Mike MacIntyre and put its patience to the test. Both decisions have paid off in a big way. The No. 11 Buffaloes rumble into the Alamo Bowl to face No 13 Oklahoma State (9-3) riding their best season in more than a decade – 10 wins and…