SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — The Air Force says it failed to report the Texas church shooter’s domestic violence conviction to the FBI as required by Pentagon rules.
Devin Patrick Kelley was convicted of assault against his wife and stepson in an Air Force court-martial in New Mexico in 2012. The conviction should have disqualified him from buying or possessing firearms.
Information about such convictions is supposed to be submitted to the FBI for inclusion in the National Criminal Information Center database.
The Air Force said in a statement that the top two Air Force officials – Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson and Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein – have ordered a review of the Kelley case.
Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek says the Pentagon will also ensure records in other cases have been reported correctly across the Department of Defense.
The church shooting left 26 people dead and 20 wounded.
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