SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, TX - NOVEMBER 06: Law enforcement officials continue their investigation at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs on November 6, 2017 in Sutherland Springs, Texas. On November 5 a gunman, Devin Patrick Kelly, killed 26 people at the church and wounded many more when he opened fire during a Sunday service. Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
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  • SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, TX - NOVEMBER 06: Law enforcement officials continue their investigation at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs on November 6, 2017 in Sutherland Springs, Texas. On November 5 a gunman, Devin Patrick Kelly, killed 26 people at the church and wounded many more when he opened fire during a Sunday service. Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
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    SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, TX - NOVEMBER 06: Law enforcement officials continue their investigation at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs on November 6, 2017 in Sutherland Springs, Texas. On November 5 a gunman, Devin Patrick Kelly, killed 26 people at the church and wounded many more when he opened fire during a Sunday service. Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

  • SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, TX - NOVEMBER 06: Meredeth Cooper hands flowers to a police officer guarding a road block near the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs on November 6, 2017 in Sutherland Springs, Texas. On November 5 a gunman, Devin Patrick Kelly, killed 26 people at the church and wounded many more when he opened fire during a Sunday service. Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
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    SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, TX - NOVEMBER 06: Meredeth Cooper hands flowers to a police officer guarding a road block near the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs on November 6, 2017 in Sutherland Springs, Texas. On November 5 a gunman, Devin Patrick Kelly, killed 26 people at the church and wounded many more when he opened fire during a Sunday service. Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

  • Members of the FBI Evidence Response Team use metal detectors outside the site of the shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland, Texas, U.S., November 6, 2017. REUTERS/Rick Wilking
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    Members of the FBI Evidence Response Team use metal detectors outside the site of the shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland, Texas, U.S., November 6, 2017. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

  • Pastor Frank Pomeroy and his wife Sherri speak during a press conference at the entrance to the First Baptist Church, after a mass shooting that killed 26 people in Sutherland Springs, Texas on November 6, 2017. A gunman wearing all black armed with an assault rifle opened fire on a small-town Texas church during Sunday morning services, killing 26 people and wounding 20 more in the last mass shooting to shock the United States. / AFP / Mark RALSTON
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    Pastor Frank Pomeroy and his wife Sherri speak during a press conference at the entrance to the First Baptist Church, after a mass shooting that killed 26 people in Sutherland Springs, Texas on November 6, 2017. A gunman wearing all black armed with an assault rifle opened fire on a small-town Texas church during Sunday morning services, killing 26 people and wounding 20 more in the last mass shooting to shock the United States. / AFP / Mark RALSTON

  • Members of the FBI Evidence Response Team use metal detectors outside the site of the shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland, Texas, U.S., November 6, 2017. REUTERS/Rick Wilking
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    Members of the FBI Evidence Response Team use metal detectors outside the site of the shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland, Texas, U.S., November 6, 2017. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

  • The FBI search the grounds of the First Baptist Church on November 6, 2017 in Sutherland Springs, Texas following a mass shooting that left 26 people dead. A gunman wearing all black armed with an assault rifle opened fire on a small-town Texas church during Sunday morning services, killing 26 people and wounding 20 more in the last mass shooting to shock the United States. / AFP / SUZANNE CORDEIRO
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    The FBI search the grounds of the First Baptist Church on November 6, 2017 in Sutherland Springs, Texas following a mass shooting that left 26 people dead. A gunman wearing all black armed with an assault rifle opened fire on a small-town Texas church during Sunday morning services, killing 26 people and wounding 20 more in the last mass shooting to shock the United States. / AFP / SUZANNE CORDEIRO

  • Members of the FBI Evidence Response Team use metal detectors at the playground at the site of the shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland, Texas, U.S., November 6, 2017. REUTERS/Rick Wilking
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    Members of the FBI Evidence Response Team use metal detectors at the playground at the site of the shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland, Texas, U.S., November 6, 2017. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

  • The entrance of the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas is seen following a mass shooting that left 26 people dead. A gunman wearing all black armed with an assault rifle opened fire on a small-town Texas church during Sunday morning services, killing 26 people and wounding 20 more in the last mass shooting to shock the United States. / AFP / SUZANNE CORDEIRO
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    The entrance of the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas is seen following a mass shooting that left 26 people dead. A gunman wearing all black armed with an assault rifle opened fire on a small-town Texas church during Sunday morning services, killing 26 people and wounding 20 more in the last mass shooting to shock the United States. / AFP / SUZANNE CORDEIRO

  • An ATF agent walks past the front of the First Baptist Church on Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, where a gunman opened fire on a Sunday service in Sutherland Springs, Texas. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
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    An ATF agent walks past the front of the First Baptist Church on Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, where a gunman opened fire on a Sunday service in Sutherland Springs, Texas. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

  • Law enforcement officials work at the scene of a shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, in Sutherland Springs, Texas. A man opened fire inside the church in the small South Texas community on Sunday, killing and wounding many. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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    Law enforcement officials work at the scene of a shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, in Sutherland Springs, Texas. A man opened fire inside the church in the small South Texas community on Sunday, killing and wounding many. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

  • Neighbours who live next to the site of a shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs are pictured, Texas, U.S. November 6, 2017. REUTERS/Rick Wilking
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    Neighbours who live next to the site of a shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs are pictured, Texas, U.S. November 6, 2017. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

  • The FBI search the grounds of the First Baptist Church on November 6, 2017 in Sutherland Springs, Texas following a mass shooting that left 26 people dead. A gunman wearing all black armed with an assault rifle opened fire on a small-town Texas church during Sunday morning services, killing 26 people and wounding 20 more in the last mass shooting to shock the United States. / AFP / SUZANNE CORDEIRO
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    The FBI search the grounds of the First Baptist Church on November 6, 2017 in Sutherland Springs, Texas following a mass shooting that left 26 people dead. A gunman wearing all black armed with an assault rifle opened fire on a small-town Texas church during Sunday morning services, killing 26 people and wounding 20 more in the last mass shooting to shock the United States. / AFP / SUZANNE CORDEIRO

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La masacre del domingo, ocurrida solo cinco semanas después del tiroteo más mortífero perpetrado en Estados Unidos, ocurrió cuando un hombre con chaleco antibalas abrió fuego con un rifle de asalto contra los feligreses en una iglesia bautista de un pequeño pueblo, dejando además una veintena de heridos.

Las víctimas, con edades desde los cinco a los 72 años, asistían al servicio de la Primera Iglesia Bautista de Sutherland Springs, una localidad rural de unos 400 habitantes y ubicada 50 kilómetros al sureste de San Antonio.

El tirador, identificado como Devin Kelley, de 26 años, fue descrito por las autoridades como un joven blanco que fue encontrado muerto en su auto tras ser confrontado por un residente local.

La Fuerza Aérea dijo que Kelley prestó servicio en una base de Nuevo México desde 2010, antes de ser juzgado por una corte marcial en 2012 por agredir a su esposa e hijo.

Fue sentenciado a 12 meses de confinamiento y recibió una baja por "mala conducta", según dijo a AFP Ann Stefanek, portavoz de la Fuerza Aérea.

Vestido completamente de negro, Kelley abrió fuego afuera de la iglesia antes de entrar y seguir disparando, dijo Freeman Martin, responsable de las fuerzas del orden en Texas.

"Cuando salía de la iglesia, un residente local tomó su rifle y enfrentó al sospechoso. El sospechoso dejó caer su arma y huyó. El ciudadano persiguió entonces al sospechoso", detalló Martin.

Las autoridades encontraron a Kelley muerto en su auto, que se había estrellado. No quedó claro si se suicidó o fue herido por el ciudadano que le confrontó.

— "Apoyo total" —

En la noche del domingo hubo una vigilia en honor a las víctimas.

"Tenemos roto el corazón. Nos congregamos, unimos nuestras fuerzas (...) A través de las lágrimas y nuestra tristeza permanecemos fuertes", dijo Trump, que también ordenó que las banderas ondeen a media asta en la Casa Blanca y edificios federales.

El presidente insistió en que "es un poco pronto para abordar el tema", al ser consultado por los pedidos de que aumente el control de las armas en el país. Pero prometió "apoyo total" de su gobierno a la investigación.

Como en tantos otros tiroteos, los demócratas aprovecharon para renovar los llamados al control y regulación de las armas de fuego, un tema candente en un país que considera casi sagrado el derecho a portar armas.

Denunciando un "acto de odio", el ex presidente Barack Obama declaró: "Que Dios nos conceda a todos la sabiduría de preguntarnos qué medidas concretas podemos tomar para reducir la violencia y las armas entre nosotros".

Esta nueva masacre ocurre a un mes del tiroteo en que un atacante abrió fuego desde una habitación de hotel de Las Vegas, matando a 58 personas e hiriendo a cerca de 550 de una multitud que asistía a un concierto al aire libre. Fue el más mortífero en la historia reciente del país.

Hace poco más de dos años, Dylann Roof, un supremacista blanco, asesinó a nueve parroquianos en una histórica iglesia de Carolina del sur.

Fuente: AFP

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