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Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Were going to start with the National Lead and new details unfolding from yet another horrific mass shooting in this country. This one the deadliest in the modern history of the state of texas and at a church of all places in sutherland springs, texas, about 30 miles east of san antonio. The fbi spent the day meticulously combing through the scene where 26 people were murdered yesterday. 20 others injured. Ten of them remaining in critical condition. Today we learned that the deceased range in age from just 17 months old to 77 years. A painful loss for a small tightknit community. Most of our Church Family is gone and the few of us that are left behind lost tragically yesterday. Authorities are also releasing chilling details about the killer, how he dressed in all black, wore a ballistic vest and a mask, how he spent some time in the church during his killing spree and left the church and was pursued by two Good Samaritans
people like fred curnow is really what sticks with them moments after the shooting stopped and everyone fled the scene. he tried to retrieve a cell phone for a survivor inside the sanctuary. he looked inside the church and said the images that he saw is something that he is struggling to deal with. there was also a young girl that walked out across the street who came out of that church blood-drenched hair, sat on their porch as they waited for first responders to arrive there and offer her treatment. he says the images of those young kids inside that sanctuary is what will stick with him forever. jake? all right. ed lavandera, thank you so much. let s bring in my panel of law enforcement experts. thanks one and all for being here. i appreciate it. i want to play something that governor abbot of texas said on cnn this morning. devin kelley sought to get a license to carry a gun in the state of texas, but the state of texas denied him the ability to