A pregnant woman and several children — including the pastor’s 14-year-old daughter — were among those killed in Sunday’s church bloodbath in Texas, officials and relatives said.
Pastor Frank Pomeroy said his teenage daughter, Annabelle, was among the at least 26 killed and dozens injured when gunman Devin Patrick Kelly opened fire inside the First Baptist Church in tiny Sutherland Springs outside San Antonio just before noon.
The teen “was one very beautiful special child,” Pomeroy told ABC News.
US Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas said a pregnant woman and more than one child were among the dead.
A 2-year-old child was among those shot, authorities said.
Parishioner Sandy Ward said her daughter-in-law and three of her grandchildren — including a 5-year-old who was struck four times and remained in surgery Sunday night — were among the shooting victims.
“I just started praying for everybody who was there,” said Ward, who told the New York Times she skipped service that morning because she had trouble walking because of her troubled knees.
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