11-08-2017, 03:15 PM
As if there weren't already enough balls dropped when it comes to the Texas church shooter...
Authorities in the hometown of the gunman who massacred worshippers at a Texas church are looking into whether they mishandled a sexual assault investigation of him four years ago.
Sheriff Mark Reynolds told San Antonio CBS affiliate KENS-TV that Comal County Sheriff's Office received a call on June 18, 2013, for a reported sex assault. The suspect is listed as Devin Patrick Kelley.
Reynolds told The Associated Press on Tuesday that it appears sheriff's deputies investigated the case for three months after being called to Kelley's home, but stopped investigating after they believed Kelley had left Texas and moved to Colorado. Reynolds said the case hasn't been touched since October 2013.
Had Kelley been convicted of sexual assault, he would likely have been prevented from purchasing a gun because federal guidelines prohibit sales to anyone convicted of a felony punishable by more than one year in prison. The Comal County sheriff said he was reviewing whether his department mishandled the sexual assault investigation.
Deputies were called to Kelley's home in New Braunfels in June 2013 about the rape case and investigated for three months, Comal County Sheriff Mark Reynolds said. But it appeared that they stopped investigating after they believed Kelley left Texas and moved to Colorado. Reynolds said the case was then listed as inactive.
The sheriff said he was trying to determine how deputies came to believe Kelley had moved and why they did not continue to pursue the case, either in Colorado or after Kelley returned to the area later.
Full story: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/devin-patri...ault-case/
Authorities in the hometown of the gunman who massacred worshippers at a Texas church are looking into whether they mishandled a sexual assault investigation of him four years ago.
Sheriff Mark Reynolds told San Antonio CBS affiliate KENS-TV that Comal County Sheriff's Office received a call on June 18, 2013, for a reported sex assault. The suspect is listed as Devin Patrick Kelley.
Reynolds told The Associated Press on Tuesday that it appears sheriff's deputies investigated the case for three months after being called to Kelley's home, but stopped investigating after they believed Kelley had left Texas and moved to Colorado. Reynolds said the case hasn't been touched since October 2013.
Had Kelley been convicted of sexual assault, he would likely have been prevented from purchasing a gun because federal guidelines prohibit sales to anyone convicted of a felony punishable by more than one year in prison. The Comal County sheriff said he was reviewing whether his department mishandled the sexual assault investigation.
Deputies were called to Kelley's home in New Braunfels in June 2013 about the rape case and investigated for three months, Comal County Sheriff Mark Reynolds said. But it appeared that they stopped investigating after they believed Kelley left Texas and moved to Colorado. Reynolds said the case was then listed as inactive.
The sheriff said he was trying to determine how deputies came to believe Kelley had moved and why they did not continue to pursue the case, either in Colorado or after Kelley returned to the area later.
Full story: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/devin-patri...ault-case/