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Suspect emerging. what weve now learned about him and what court documents reveal about his earlier run-in with the law. and what he was allegedly doing just days ago. heres our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas tonight. >> reporter: tonight, police uncovering potentially ominous missed signals as they investigate accused mass murderer ahmad alissa. according to newly released charges, a female family member told police alissa was "playing" with a "machine gun" about two days ago at his ...

>> poor thing. lets get to all of it right now. lets get to cnns diane gallagher on the scene in texas, ryan browne, diane, first to you. >> we are now getting a fuller picture, not only of all of the families grief they are going through but the shooters violent ps past. what does it mean for what happened there sunday? >> so kate, it is helping authorities try to piece together what the true motive was, what led to this deadly church shooting, the deadliest mass shooting in texas state history...

He was dead by a gunshot wound. they dont know if it was self-inflipgted or if it came from that man who lived next door from the church. officials told us they also found multiple firearms inside that car. the one that he used in the church shooting, a ruger ar-556, were told was purchased legally back in april of 2016 add an academy outdoor and sports store in san antonio texas. thats key because you mentioned that court-martial. that was for one count of spousal abuse, one count of child abou...

And was also busted down in rank to an e-1. many wondering how then he was able to legally obtain these weapons? atf did confirm that kelley purchased all three of them including the ruger ar-556 that he used to carry out that attack here at the church behind me as well as the two handguns they found on him after finding his body in the car there. now the question again, they ask is how did he pass the background checks? he purchased that ar-556 back in april of 2016 at academy sport and outdoor...

Water park for a short period of time over the summer. how did he get that job with that record and spent a year in prison for beating up his wife and a young kid. >> he was a security guard at a water park in texas, about 30 miles or so away from here. thats his hometown. how he got the job is not clear. we are piecing that together. he was an unarmed security guard. he tried to get a license to carry a firearm and according to the governor, he was denied a license. they are trying to piece tog...

Enforcement eventually did find devin kelleys vehicle saying he ran off the road and died of a fun shot wound. we are told they dont know if it was a self-inflicted or a wound from the gun of the neighbor. but inside they found multiple firearms. we are told that the one used in the shooting, that ruger ar-556, was purchased legally back in april of 2016 at an academy sport and outdoor store in san antonio. thats raising more questions because you mentioned that court-martial for the assault of ...

Man in black that was shooting people at the church. so stephen went into his safe, grabbed his ar which is ar-15, the same style of weapon that the shooter was using and grabbed a handful of ammo and a magazine and was running barefooted toward the shooting. he said he was loading the magazine as fast as he could and he didnt know how many rounds he was putting in the magazine. when he got there the guy had come outside and it seemed to him that he was reloading outside and he saw that the guy ...

Engaged upon that suspect. they fond him eight miles away where he crashed his vehicle. he died of a gunshot wound. theyre still trying to figure out if it was self-inflicted or if it was from that neighbor. they say they found additional firearms from his vehicle. but were told by an official, a source that says he used an ar- -- a ruger ar-556 in the shooting in the church, and that that was purchased at an academy outdoor sports back in april of 2016 in san antonio, texas. now you mention tha...

Time ago that the in-laws of the gunman did on occasion attend this church, the first baptist church, but they were not inside the church at the time of the shooting. sheriff tackitt said the inlaws arrived after the shooting occurred and told us that the shooters wife he described as being estranged but didnt have much information on that, the shooters wife may also have attended the church. thats important information when trying to piece together a possible motive here. what it has to do with...

Unloading that ruger ar-556 as i approached the church before he went inside. once he got inside he killed 26 people. as he left the building, a man who lived next door to the church brought his own gun out and engaged with him, engaged in a chase as well as law enforcement. at that point, were told that devin kelley ran off the road. they found him about eight miles in another county from the church her where its said he died from a gunshot wound. they dont know if it was self-inflected or came...