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The first wife of the man who killed more than two dozen people at a Texas church has said he had “a lot of demons or hatred inside of him.”
Tessa Brennaman told CBS’ Inside Edition on Friday (local time) that Devin Patrick Kelley had once put a gun to her temple because he was angry she'd received a speeding ticket.
"He put (the gun) to my temple, and told me ‘do you want to die?’," she told the US television show.
"He just had a lot of demons or hatred inside him.”
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Ms Brennaman also said that her ex-husband threatened to kill and members of her family.
Kelley pleaded guilty assaulting Ms Brennaman and fracturing her young son's skull in 2012 while he was in the US Air Force.
A military jury sentenced him to 12 months confinement and a bad conduct discharge.
Authorities have said last Sunday's (local time) shooting inside the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, appeared to stem from a domestic dispute involving Kelley and the mother of his second wife.
Investigators said Kelley had sent threatening messages to her.
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The mother-in-law sometimes attended services at the church, but she wasn't there the day of the shootings.
Ms Brennaman’s interview comes after a pastor announced that the church will be demolished in wake of the massacre, which is the worst in Texas history.
Kelley shot and killed 26 people, including a woman who was pregnant.
The shooter then died of a self-inflicted wound after being shot and chased by two residents when he was leaving the church, authorities said.
With AP