The father of Texas church gunman Devin Kelley has broken his silence in the wake of the massacre, saying his family is in mourning, according to a report.
“We are grieving, our family is grieving,” Michael Kelley told ABC News on Wednesday at his home in New Braunfels, about 35 miles north of Sutherland Springs, where his son slaughtered 26 people and wounded 20 others at First Baptist Church.
After committing the atrocity, the 26-year-old exchanged gunfire with Stephen Willeford, who struck him in the leg and torso with his rifle before jumping into a vehicle driven by Johnnie Langendorff to chase the gunman.
Kelley finally hit a stop sign and veered off the road about 10 miles away – killing himself with a gunshot to the head.
His father declined to discuss the worst mass shooting in Texas shooting any further.
“I don’t want our lives, our grandchildren’s lives, destroyed by this media circus,” he said.