The gunman who shot and killed at least 26 people inside a Sutherland Springs church on Sunday had previously worked at Schlitterbahn in New Braunfels, a job that required him to pass a criminal background check.
As local, state and federal officials search for the reason Devin P. Kelley, 26, now deceased, walked into the First Baptist Church, about 35 miles southeast of San Antonio, and began shooting, they are also piecing together who the killer was.
Kelley was employed at the Summit Vacation and RV Resort in New Braunfels at the time of the shooting, said manager Claudia Varjabedian. She said he did "security work" and was hired about a month and a half ago.
A background check was run on Kelley before he started working at the resort and "nothing negative showed up on him," Varjabedian said, adding no one ever complained about him.
She said Kelley left work Saturday "saying he had a headache," and then did not show up for his shift Sunday. Varjabedian declined to comment further.
Kelley also spent five and a half weeks working as a nighttime security guard at Schlitterbahn New Braunfels beginning in June, said Winter Prosapio, spokeswoman for the Central Texas water park.