Authorities have released an official list of those killed in the shooting rampage at a Texas church.

The gunman who killed 26 people at a small-town Texas church went aisle to aisle looking for victims and shot crying babies at point-blank range, a couple who survived the attack said.

The gunman who slaughtered 26 people at a Texas church appeared to target babies who cried and others who screamed or made noise, according to a couple who were at the service.

The gunman who slaughtered 26 people at a Texas church was able to buy weapons because the US Air Force failed to report his domestic violence conviction to the federal database that is used to conduct background checks on would-be gun purchasers, authorities said.