Texas church gunman, who had once fled mental facility, 'shot babies at point-blank range'

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.

Rosanne Solis and Joaquin Ramirez were sitting near the entrance to the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs on Sunday when they heard what sounded like firecrackers and realised someone was shooting at the tiny wood-framed building.