Trump blames ’mental health’ not guns for Texas church attack

Trump blames ’mental health’ not guns for Texas church attack
A man opened fire with an assault weapon at a church near San Antonio, Texas, Sunday morning, killing 26 worshipers and wounding at least 20.

The victims range from five to 72 years old.

The gunman is also dead and there is no clue so far as to his motive.

Federal investigators from the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms have joined local law enforcement officers in tiny Sutherland Springs, Texas, about 50 kilometers from San Antonio.

On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump said the mass shooting "isn’t a guns situation" but is instead "a mental health problem at the highest level. It’s a very, very sad event." He said the shooter was "a very deranged individual." The president is monitoring the situation from Japan, the first stop on his five-nation Asian trip.

Earlier, Trump called the shootings "an act of evil" and appealed for prayers. He ordered U.S. flags on federal buildings to be flown at half-staff through Thursday.

"We cannot put into words, the pain and grief we all feel and we cannot begin to imagine the suffering of those who lost the ones they so dearly loved. Our hearts are broken," Trump said.

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