Devin Patrick Kelley Facebook Profile, Antifa Hoax: Shooter Added Texas Facebook Friends, Abused Ex-Wife Tessa
There are plenty of rumors and theories flying around the world wide web in the wake of the tragic mass shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas. Devin Patrick Kelley is that name of the 26-year-old man who is being pegged as the shooter who wreaked havoc inside the First Baptist Church on Sunday morning, wherein at least 26 people died. According to BuzzFeed, a Facebook page that has been attributed to Devin was a fake Facebook page that was set up in the wake of the shooting and taken down – even though the publication does not explicitly specify how the Facebook page was determined to be fake, outside of the fact that the screenshots show that the Facebook page was updated “28 minutes” ago and “24 minutes” ago, which would have been impossible for the Texas shooter to accomplish after his death.
In spite of the news about the fake Facebook profile, as reported by the Washington Post, Devin recently began adding Facebook friends from the Sutherland Springs area over the past few months, then picking fights with those strangers. The now-deleted Facebook page allegedly showed Kelley’s name along with a Ruger assault-style rifle.
As indicated by Google Trends, plenty of questions and queries are being typed into Google about Devin, including folks looking for Kelley’s real Facebook profile. Searches for “Devin Patrick Kelley ISIS” have risen 300 percent, along with searches for “Devin Patrick Kelley terrorist,” which have gone up 200 percent. Notably, searches for “Devin Patrick Kelley Antifa member” searches are up 110 percent, along with searches for Devin allegedly being an atheist or potentially an Antifa member who followed the pledge to wreak havoc on November 4, although Devin’s actions would have been one day late, according to that theory.
As reported by Newsweek, the far-right media is claiming that Kelley was an Antifa member. Although authorities have not officially released Devin’s motive for committing the mass shooting, “American nationalist” Mike Cernovich wrote that because Kelley killed people in a church with mostly a “white denomination,” Cernovich asked, “Antifa terrorist attack?”
Texas shooting: Gunman Devin Patrick Kelley arrested for violence against wife and child https://t.co/568kUyIdEn pic.twitter.com/7robcYadym
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) November 6, 2017
According to the Washington Post, Devin has had legal problems since at least 2012, when Kelly was court-martialed due to his assault against his wife and child. Tessa K. Kelley filed for divorce in October of that year against Devin. Records showing cruelty to animals also exist for Devin.
Kelley lived for more than 10 years with his current wife and 2-year-old son in a barn behind an $800,000 home that was a 3,700-square-foot house owned by Devin’s parents. Plenty of Devin’s neighbors expressed shock that he would commit such a crime.
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