A 5-year-old boy who lost his mother and two of his sisters in the massacre at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas, which left 26 people dead and 20 others injured is fighting to stay alive after he was found among the pews suffering from multiple gunshot wounds on Sunday. The boy, Ryland Ward, was shot in his stomach, groin and arm, his uncle Michael Ward told The Dallas Morning News. His mother, Joann Ward, and sisters Brooke Ward, 5, and Emily Garza, 7, did not survive. Another
sibling, Rihanna, survived after a bullet ripped her glasses from her face. On Sunday, shooting suspect Devin Kelley, 26, began firing at the church shortly after the 11 a.m. service began, officials told The New York Times. He was armed with a Ruger military-style rifle and in his minutes-long assault on the church everyone inside was either dead or wounded. Ryland’s aunt, Leslie Ward, who lives just a few blocks from the church, said she and her husband Michael, whose brother Chris is Ryland’s father, were busy getting ready for a yard sale when they heard shots firing. READ MORE
