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Searching for clues in Texas shooting.

• Devin Kelley, who killed 26 people in a Baptist church in Sutherland Springs, Tex., shouldn’t have been allowed to buy a military-style rifle, but his domestic violence court-martial wasn’t entered into a federal database, the Air Force has admitted.

President Trump said today that stricter gun laws could have worsened the death toll. Our profile of the killer reveals that he beat his wife, cracked his toddler stepson’s skull and was kicked out of the military.

Residents of Sutherland Springs describe how the assault has shaken a tightly-knit community, and recall the events in a video. And we spoke with Joe Holcombe, 86, who is mourning eight family members.