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According to the ''New York Post'': "Texas church shooter Devin Kelley was a “creepy” [[Atheism|atheist]] “outcast” who never fit in and berated religious believers on social media, according to former friends and classmates."<ref>[https://nypost.com/2017/11/06/ex-friends-say-shooter-was-creepy-atheist-who-berated-religious-people/ Texas church shooter was a militant atheist]</ref> Nina Rose Nava, who attended school with Kelley, said: "[I]n complete shock! I legit just deleted him off my [Facebook] cause I couldn’t stand his post. He was always talking about how people who believe in God [were] stupid and trying to preach his atheism.”<ref>[http://shoebat.com/2017/11/06/the-man-who-slaughtered-twenty-six-christians-in-texas-declared-anyone-who-believes-in-god-is-stupid/ The Man Who Slaughtered Twenty Six Christians In Texas Declared: ‘Anyone Who Believes In God Is Stupid!’] by Theodore Shoebat</ref> The ''Daily Mail'' indicated that his classmates have described him as creepy, crazy and weird.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5053013/Devin-Kelley-outcast-preached-atheism.html|title=Texas church shooter Devin Kelley was an 'outcast'|last=Stanton|first=Jenny|date=November 5, 2017|publisher=Daily Mail|accessdate=November 5, 2017}}</ref> See also: [[Atheism and social outcasts]]

According to the ''New York Post'': "Texas church shooter Devin Kelley was a “creepy” [[Atheism|atheist]] “outcast” who never fit in and berated religious believers on social media, according to former friends and classmates."<ref>[https://nypost.com/2017/11/06/ex-friends-say-shooter-was-creepy-atheist-who-berated-religious-people/ Texas church shooter was a militant atheist]</ref> Nina Rose Nava, who attended school with Kelley, said: "[I]n complete shock! I legit just deleted him off my [Facebook] cause I couldn’t stand his post. He was always talking about how people who believe in God [were] stupid and trying to preach his atheism.”<ref>[http://shoebat.com/2017/11/06/the-man-who-slaughtered-twenty-six-christians-in-texas-declared-anyone-who-believes-in-god-is-stupid/ The Man Who Slaughtered Twenty Six Christians In Texas Declared: ‘Anyone Who Believes In God Is Stupid!’] by Theodore Shoebat</ref> The ''Daily Mail'' indicated that his classmates have described him as creepy, crazy and weird.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5053013/Devin-Kelley-outcast-preached-atheism.html|title=Texas church shooter Devin Kelley was an 'outcast'|last=Stanton|first=Jenny|date=November 5, 2017|publisher=Daily Mail|accessdate=November 5, 2017}}</ref> See also: [[Atheism and social outcasts]]

While in the U.S. Air Force, Kelley escaped from a psychiatric hospital in New Mexico in 2012.<ref>Gearty, Robert (November 7, 2017). [http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/11/07/texas-church-shooter-devin-kelley-once-escaped-from-psychiatric-hospital-while-in-air-force.html Texas church shooter Devin Kelley once escaped from a psychiatric hospital while in the Air Force]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 7, 2017.</ref> He received a bad conduct discharge from the Air Force for cracking his stepson's skull and assaulting his wife.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/us/devin-patrick-kelley-texas.html Texas Gunman Broke Child’s Skull, Assaulted Wife, in Troubled Life], New York Times, 2017</ref> See also: [[Irreligion and domestic violence]]

While in the U.S. Air Force, Kelley escaped from a psychiatric hospital in New Mexico in 2012.<ref>Gearty, Robert (November 7, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/11/07/texas-church-shooter-devin-kelley-once-escaped-from-psychiatric-hospital-while-in-air-force.html Texas church shooter Devin Kelley once escaped from a psychiatric hospital while in the Air Force]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 7, 2017.</ref> He received a bad conduct discharge from the Air Force for cracking his stepson's skull and assaulting his wife.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/us/devin-patrick-kelley-texas.html Texas Gunman Broke Child’s Skull, Assaulted Wife, in Troubled Life], New York Times, 2017</ref> See also: [[Irreligion and domestic violence]]

In August 2014, he was charged for misdemeanor cruelty to animals after abusing his malnourished dog.<ref name="Crueltytoanimals">{{cite news|last1=Mitchell|first1=Kirk|title=Gunman who killed 26 people in Texas cited for cruelty to animals in Colorado|url=http://www.denverpost.com/2017/11/06/texas-shooting-devin-patrick-kelley-colorado-arrest/|accessdate=November 6, 2017|work=[[The Denver Post]]|date=November 6, 2017}}</ref>

In August 2014, he was charged for misdemeanor cruelty to animals after abusing his malnourished dog.<ref name="Crueltytoanimals">{{cite news|last1=Mitchell|first1=Kirk|title=Gunman who killed 26 people in Texas cited for cruelty to animals in Colorado|url=http://www.denverpost.com/2017/11/06/texas-shooting-devin-patrick-kelley-colorado-arrest/|accessdate=November 6, 2017|work=[[The Denver Post]]|date=November 6, 2017}}</ref>

*[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/high-school-classmates-say-texas-church-shooter-preached-atheism-online/article/2639727 High school classmates say Texas church shooter preached atheism online]. ''Washington Examiner''

*[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/high-school-classmates-say-texas-church-shooter-preached-atheism-online/article/2639727 High school classmates say Texas church shooter preached atheism online]. ''Washington Examiner''

*[http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41884342 Who was Texas church gunman Devin Patrick Kelley?], ''BBC''

*[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41884342 Who was Texas church gunman Devin Patrick Kelley?], ''BBC''

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