Neighbors of Texas shooting suspect say they heard intense gunfire in recent days

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published 6 November 2017

Neighbors of Devin Patrick Kelley, the 26-year-old man suspected of shooting and killing at least 26 people in a Sutherland Springs, Texas, church on Sunday, say over the past few days, they heard bursts of gunfire from the direction of his home.

It was "really loud," Ryan Albers, who lived across the street from the property listed as belonging to Kelley in New Braunfels, told The Associated Press. "At first I thought someone was blasting. It was someone using automatic weapon fire." Another neighbor, who asked his name not be used, said he heard gunfire but wasn't certain that it came from Kelley's residence.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

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