SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, TEXAS—Names, faces and grieving family stories began to emerge Monday from the carnage at the First Baptist Church—including eight relatives spanning three generations—even as investigators struggled to grasp why a lone gunman dressed himself in black commando gear and opened fire on the pews.
The death toll stood at 26 people after Sunday’s massacre, but the figure could shift. Authorities initially reported the range in ages among the dead as between 5 and 72. A family, however, said a 1-year-old girl also was killed—part of a group of eight family members lost in the deadly spray from the attacker’s Ruger assault-style rifle.