The Air Force says it failed to follow policies for alerting federal law

enforcement about Devin P. Kelleys violent past, enabling the former service
member, who killed at least 26 churchgoers Sunday in Sutherland Springs, Tex., to
obtain firearms before the shooting rampage.

Kelley should have been barred from purchasing firearms and body armor because of
his domestic violence conviction in 2014 while serving at Holloman Air Force Base
in New Mexico. Kelley was sentenced to a year in prison and kicked out of the
military with a bad conduct discharge following two counts of domestic abuse
against his wife and a child, according to Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek.

Initial information indicates that Kelleys domestic violence offense was not
entered into the National Criminal Information Center database, Stefanek said in a
statement released Monday. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson and Chief of Staff
Gen. David Goldfein have directed an investigation of Kelleys case and relevant
policies and procedures, she said.