Fusillade au Texas: l'Air Force reconnaît une erreur

Le tireur qui a ouvert le feu dans une église au Texas et qui a tué 26 personnes n'aurait pas du être en mesure de se procurer une arme en raison de son passé violent. L'Air Force américaine, dont le tireur était enrôlé jusqu'en 2014, a confirmé avoir négligé d'inscrire des informations dans une base de données nationales.

 "Kelley should have been barred from purchasing firearms and body armor because of his domestic violence conviction in 2014 while serving at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. Kelley was sentenced to a year in prison and kicked out of the military with a bad conduct discharge following two counts of domestic abuse against his wife and a child, according to Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek.

“Initial information indicates that Kelley’s domestic violence offense was not entered into the National Criminal Information Center database,” Stefanek said in a statement released Monday. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson and Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein have directed an investigation of Kelley’s case and “relevant policies and procedures,” she said."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/11/06/the-air-force-says-it-failed-to-follow-procedures-allowing-texas-church-shooter-to-obtain-firearms/?hpid=hp_hp-banner-main_texasmilitary-650pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.e7189d292e20