Report of Investigation into the United States Air Force’s Failure to Submit Devin Kelley’s Criminal History Information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation

The DoD Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigated the circumstances

surrounding the United States Air Force’s (USAF) failure to submit Devin Patrick

Kelley’s criminal history information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for

inclusion in its databases.1

In November 2017, Kelley shot and killed 26 people in the

First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Sutherland Springs, Texas, with weapons

he purchased from licensed firearms dealers.

As described in detail in this report, in November 2012, while in the USAF,

Kelley was the subject of two law enforcement investigations, one led by the

49th Security Forces at Holloman Air Force Base (HAFB), the other led by the

Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) Detachment 225. As a result of

the investigations, Kelley was convicted by General Court-Martial of an assault on

both his wife and stepson, which is reportable to the FBI in accordance with DoD

policy.

This conviction should have prevented Kelley from purchasing a firearm from a licensed firearms dealer

sauce:

https://www.oversight.gov/sites/default/files/oig-reports/DODIG-2019-030_Redacted.pdf