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When she woke up Monday, Keller said she felt “a quiet concern” for the country because of the recent violence.
Texas officials Monday did not give a motive for the shooting that left at least 26 people dead and 20 others injured, but said there had been a “domestic situation” between the shooter — 26-year-old Devin Patrick Kelley — and his mother-in-law before the massacre.
“We know that he expressed anger towards his mother-in-law who was in this church,” Texas Department of Public Safety regional director Freeman Martin said during a press conference.
Martin said the shooting wasn’t related to race or religion.
Officials have previously said Kelley had no apparent links to terrorist groups.
Keller said she carries a weapon and she’s typically escorted to public functions and her own church by armed officers.
“I look over my shoulder a lot more,” she said. “You can’t live in fear, but this is a sobering time.”
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