rosanne: sentí caliente, nomás.l doctor me da y eso cuando tengo dolor, no lo siento casi. ilia: luego, vino la confirmación de lo que había sucedido. rosanne: lo--miré así, miré que tenía mucha sangre y me voy mirando que tengo tremendo hoyo acá en este lado. ya sentía la muerte, ya-- yo sabía que no iba a salir de ahí viva. ilia: joaquín seguía tendido en el suelo, aferrado a su fe. joaquín: y yo le dije a dios, "dios mío, pues si quieres que me muera, pues será tu voluntad. y si quieres que yo viva, pues déjame salir". ilia: el infierno continuaba a su alrededor, el asesino disparaba ráfagas contra todo lo que se moviera o gritara. joaquín recuerda que se ensañaba especialmente con los niños. joaquín: los niños lo miraban, ¿verdad? y gritaban más, y les volvía a repetir. y ahí es donde ya dejaban de gritar los niños, pero porque ya los mataba, ¿verdad? ilia: también recuerda con dolor, cómo fue testigo de los últimos momentos de vida de la hija de los pastores de esa iglesia, una adolescente de 14 años. joaquín:

rosanne solis/survived shooting joaquin ramirez and his wife rosanne solis says they were still in theship part of service when shots started. rosanne solis/survived shooting"all of a sudden i hear like, fire crackers popping. tah tah tah a warning cry came from outside. rosanne solis/survived shooting "everybody get down, they're shooting at us!"thats when the storm of bullets began. rosanne solis/survived shooting "everybody started screaming, yelling, everybody got down crawling under i mean, wherever they could hide, i mean, it was so scary. and that man was shooting. i mean, he was shooting hard. solis was hurt... rosanne solis/survived shooting"i could feel the gunshots, i saw, i saw, i could see the gunshots because they have carpet in there. i could see the gunshots, you know, coming down." they saw people falling left and right-- shot, bloodied and in shock. babies cried out.the shooting stopped but only for a second.. rosanne solis/survived shooting "i thought it was the police when i saw the feet because everybody got real quiet. and be quiet. everybody would say 'be quiet,

rosanne solis/survived shooting: "all of a sudden i hear like, fire crackers popping. tah tah tah."the sanctity of a church service shattered by gunshots.rosanne solis/survived shooting: "everybody started screaming, yelling, everybody got down crawling under i mean, wherever they could hide, i mean, it was so scary. and that man was shooting. i mean, he was shooting hard." investigators are piecing together a picture of the gunman -- devin patrick kelley. officials say he was obsessed with a domestic dispute -- sending threatening text messages to his mother-in-law shortly before opening fire on the church she attended. she was not at the church at the time.freeman martin / texas department of public safety: "there are many ways that he could have taken care of the mother-in-law without coming with 15 loaded magazines to a church. i think he came here with a purpose and a mission." kelley had a history of cruelty to animals -- and violence against his wife an his step-son.an air force veteran discharged for bad conduct -- kelley was court-

. >> reporter: rosanne solis and juaquin ramirez, both wounded, played dead on the floor. >> everybody got down, crawling under-- i mean, wherever they could hide. >> reporter: they were among roughly 50 congregants inside. within minutes, about half of them were killed. the gunman paced the room, stalking the dead and the dying, and pumped bullets into whom ever showed signs of life, especially crying babies. how long did the shoot going on for? >> man, it just-- sounded like forever. >> reporter: flores thought that popping sound would never end. >> it sounds like he didn't want to take his finger off the trigger. he was like... da-da-da-- constant, like. it wouldn't let off. >> reporter: investigators recovered 15 empty magazines. each held 30 rounds. freeman martin is with the texas department of public safety. >> when the first call came, in the wilson county sheriff's office arrived within four minutes. i can tell you four minutes is a long time during an active shooter situation. >> reporter: investigators refused to talk specifics about a motive, but kelly, estranged from his s

. >> rosanne who is still recovering from a bullet wound watched the shooting spree in horror. >> thise information about the killer. military records show the former airman was convicted of domestic violence for abusing his then wife and 11 month old stepson. that record should have stopped him from being able to buy the murder weapon, but the air force admits they never gave the information to the fbi which maintains the database used for the background check. >> i wish i could have gotten there faster. i'm no hero. i mean, i am not. >> steven which will afford the man who officials say stepped in to fire at kelley, then another neighbor chasing kelley is being credited forward helping to put an end to the massacre. an an autopsy confirmed that the suspect was hit by two bullets from williford, a third wound was self inflicted to the head. reporting live from sutherland springs texas. >> thank you. >>> our coverage of the texas shooting continues online with the abc 7 news app. >> enable push alerts to get instant updates as new information comes out. >>> let's get another quick upda

rosanne and her husband survived. >> i hear firecrackers popping. pop, pop.verybody started screaming. yelling, everybody got down. crawling under, wherever they could hide. it was so scary. that man was shooting. i mean, he was shooting hard. >> she says the shooter spared no one and targeted anyone making noise, including babies. >> be quiet. everyone was like my be quiet. >> first baptist church was recording and service, according to police who saw the tape. the shooter first killed the audio and sound people handling the recording. then he systematically shot anyone inside, including joanne ward who was killed when she used her body to shield her four children. only two survived. a friend describes the heroic mother. >> she said i would die for my children. and she ended up having to do that. that does not surprise any of us in this community that knows her because she loves them so. and she gave it up for them. ultimately. >> the list of names of the 26 victims was released today, showing how some families lost multiple members. six people with the last

rosanne solis/survived shooting: "all of a sudden i hear like, fire crackers popping. tah tah tah."e sanctity of a church service shattered by gunshots.rosanne solis/survived shooting: "everybody started screaming, yelling, everybody got down crawling under i mean, wherever they could hide, i mean, it was so scary. and that man was shooting. i mean, he was shooting hard." investigators are piecing together a picture of the gunman -- devin patrick kelley. officials say he was obsessed with a domestic dispute -- sending threatening text messages to his mother-in-law shortly before opening fire on the church she attended. she was not at the church at the time.freeman martin / texas department of public safety: "there are many ways that he could have taken care of the mother-in-law without coming with 15 loaded magazines to a church. i think he came here with a purpose and a mission." kelley had a history of cruelty to animals -- and violence against his wife an his step-son.an air force veteran discharged for bad conduct -- kelley was court- martialed and spent a year in confinement .

this is survivor rosanne solis describing the attack. >> i could see him. i was hiding under the benches. i could see his feet walking back and forth through the aisles. i did not want to get shot. i don't know what to think anymore. this world is full of so much anger. juan: the suspected shooter was a 26-year-old white man named devin patrick kelley from new braunfels, texas. investigators say he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after he was chased by bystanders, one of whom was armed. well, on monday, air force officials admitted they had failed to share information about kelley's criminal history with a u.s. law enforcement database that should have blocked him from buying a gun in the united states. kelley was stationed at holloman air force base in new mexico when he was convicted in 2012 by a court-martial on two charges of domestic assault after he repeatedly hit, kicked, and choked his wife, and allegedly threatened her multiple times with loaded and unloaded firearms. he also pleaded guilty to hitting their 18-month-old stepson with such for

rosanne solis and her husband joaquin ramirez were in the congregation when the shooting started. was wounded in the arm. >> everybody started screaming, yelling, everybody got down, crawling under-- i mean, wherever they could hide. i mean, it was so scary and that man was shooting. i mean, he was shooting hard. >> brangham: solis says the gunman, devin kelley, shouted "everybody die!" as he blasted away with a semi-automatic rifle. ramirez says anyone making noise, even the youngest, was targeted. >> the babies were crying and when the babies were crying... ta, ta, ta, ta, ta. >> brangham: records now show that kelley passed background checks for four guns he bought between 2014 and 2017. that's despite a 2012 domestic assault conviction in the air force, followed by death threats against his superior officers, attempting to sneak weapons onto a military base, and a brief escape from a mental health facility. he spent a year in a military prison and was given a bad conduct discharge. but the air force acknowledges it failed to enter that conviction into an f.b.i. database, which

. >> reporter: rosanne solis who is recovering from a bullet wound watched the shootig spree in horrorore information about the killer. military records show the former airman was convicted of domestic violence for abusing his then wife and 11 month old stepson. that record should have stopped him from being able to buy the murder weapon but the air force admits they never gave the information to the fbi which maintains the database used for the background check. >> i wish i could have gotten there master. i'm no hero. i mean, i am not. >> reporter: stephen willeford the man who a initials say stepped in to stop kelley, firing shots, with another neighbor chasing kel for miles is being credited with helping to put an end to the massacre. an autopsy confirms that the suspect was hit twice by willeford's bullets and there was also a third gunshot wound, they say that one was self inflicted to the head. reporting live from sutherland vings, texas, danya bacchus, abc 7 news. >> our coverage continues online and with the abc 7 news app. >> you can enable push alerts to get instant updates a

. >> rosanne who is still recovering from a bullet wound watched the shooting spree in horror.s morning more information about the killer. military records show the former airman was convicted of domestic violence for abusing his then wife and 11 month old stepson. that record should have stopped him from being able to buy the murder weapon, but the air force admits they never gave the information to the fbi which maintains the database used for the background check. >> i wish i could have gotten there faster. i'm no hero. i mean, i am not. >> stephen willeford the man who officials say stepped in to shoot kelley, then with another neighbor chasing for kelley for chiels is being credited with pepping put an end to the massacre. an autopsy was confirmed that the suspect was hit twice by stephen willeford's bullets and we do know that there was a third gunshot wound, that one was self inflicted to the head. natasha. >> danya, thank you. >>> our coverage of the texas shooting continues online with the abc 7 news app. enable push alerts we will send you instant updates as we get ne

. >> reporter: rosanne solis and her husband were wounded but played dead on the floor. gunman yelled "everybody dies" and showed no mercy, not even to crying babies. >> it was so scary and that man was shooting. i mean he was shooting hard. >> reporter: on tuesday, the killer's dark past came into sharper focus. a sex assault investigation in 2013, an escape from a mental health facility, and a 2012 el paso police report that described him as a danger to himself and others. he had been sneaking firearms into holloman air force base where he was stationed and made death threats to his commanding officers. five months later, he was convicted of beating his then wife and step child. 136 texas rangers are involved in the crime scene investigation at first baptist church, which police hope to wrap up tonight. getting evidence out of the killer's cell phone, however, may take considerably longer. they cannot unlock it. fbi special agent in charge, chris combs. >> i don't know how long that's going to be to be quite honest with you. it could be tomorrow, it could be a week, it