Gunman from Texas church shooting identified as 43-year-old man with criminal record washex.am/39sT6ft
The gunman from the shooting at West Freeway Church of Christ was identified as Keith Thomas Kinnunen, a 43-year-old male from River Oaks, Texas, with a long criminal record.
Kinnunen had several previous felonies on his record, including charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon from 2009 and theft in 2013.
He was also charged with possession of an illegal weapon in New Jersey after he was spotted surveilling an oil refinery with a 12-gauge shotgun by authorities. Kinnunen had an outstanding warrant for his arrest in Oklahoma at the time of the incident.
He claimed he was homeless at the time of the New Jersey arrest, but acknowledged that he was from Texas. The FBI noted that he had been "relatively transient” for the past several years.
Additionally, Kinnunen had 2 arrests from 2009 and 2015 for unpaid traffic tickets in Texas
Additionally, Kinnunen had 2 arrests from 2009 and 2015 for unpaid traffic tickets in Texas
Authorities explained that Kinnunen was wearing a disguise at the time of the church shooting, including a fake beard. He had smuggled the gun into the church underneath his clothing.
