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🗓️ 13 October 2025
⏱️ 62 minutes
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On a sunny Sunday morning in 2017, a man in an SUV pulled up outside a small white church in Sutherland Springs, TX. The people inside would become the targets of the weapons he carried. But when he sped away about twenty minutes later, he would be the one escaping gunfire.
Videos:
Sutherland Springs shooter recorded his confession to severe beating of stepson
Victims' stories heard through videos of Sutherland Springs church services
Articles and books:
I’m Not a Hero’: Man Who Shot and Chased Texas Church Gunman Shares His Story
From the first deadly shot until the last — how the Texas church shooting unfolded
Exclusive: Guilt and grief overwhelm the mother-in-law of the Sutherland Springs gunman
Texas church gunman lied about past to become a security guard, records show
Site of deadliest church shooting in US history is torn down over protests by some Texas families
Texas Church Shooting Video Shows Gunman’s Methodical Attack, Official Says
Conspiracy theorists harass Sutherland Springs churchgoers, pastor whose daughter was killed
Washington Post: Investigative Timeline - Sutherland Springs Baptist Church Mass Casualty Event
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