<Tr> <Th> Non-fatal injuries </Th> <Td> 20 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Perpetrator </Th> <Td> Devin Patrick Kelley </Td> </Tr> <P> A mass shooting occurred at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) east of the city of San Antonio, on November 5, 2017 . The gunman, 26 - year - old Devin Patrick Kelley of nearby New Braunfels, killed 26 and injured 20 others . He was shot twice by a male civilian as he exited the church . Fleeing in his SUV, Kelley crashed after a high - speed chase and was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds, including a self - inflicted head shot . </P> <P> The attack was the deadliest mass shooting in Texas and the fifth - deadliest mass shooting in the United States . It was the deadliest shooting in an American place of worship in modern history, surpassing the Charleston church shooting of 2015 and the Waddell Buddhist temple shooting of 1991 . </P>

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