美空軍：德州槍手家暴案底未上報“並非孤立事件”

The Air Force's failure to report the Texas shooter's domestic abuse offenses to civilian law enforcement was not an isolated incident, the military branch said Tuesday.

Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek said Tuesday preliminary findings from a review after this month's deadly shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas, by a disgraced former airman showed similar reporting lapses occurred at other Air Force bases.

The Air Force did not report the airman's 2012 domestic violence conviction into the FBI's database, as required by federal law and the Pentagon. Authorities say that measure, had it been properly entered, should have stopped the shooter from legally buying the rifle he used in the massacre.

“Although policies and procedures requiring reporting were in place, training and compliance measures were lacking,” Stefanek said.

The Air Force said it has implemented corrective measures to “prevent future occurrences,” and will implement additional actions in the next few weeks.

Among the new procedures is a leadership requirement to verify that information from applicable cases is registered with the FBI's National Crime Information Center's Interstate Identification Index.

The disgraced former airman, Devin Kelley, murdered 26 people at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs on Sunday. He shot himself in the head after being wounded by a neighbor and chased by the neighbor and police.美國空軍星期二說，未能向執法機構通報德州槍擊案作案人有家庭虐待行爲不是一個孤立的事件。

空軍發言人斯特凡內剋星期二說，對11月初一位被開除的前空軍軍人在德克薩斯州薩瑟蘭泉開槍打死打傷多人的案件調查顯示，在其它空軍基地，也有類似沒有向執法當局通報的現象。

空軍沒有按照聯邦法律和五角大樓的規定，把槍擊案肇事者2012年被判定有家庭暴力的事情提交給聯邦調查局數據庫。有關當局說，如果這一程序得到履行的話，本應可以阻止槍擊者合法買到他作案時使用的槍支。

空軍發言人斯特凡內克說，儘管有要求通報的政策和程序，但是在培訓和遵守規定方面有欠缺。

空軍說，他們已經落實了糾正性措施，“防止今後有類似情況發生”，在接下來的幾周內還將採取更多的行動。

新程序包括，要求領導層覈實，有關案件的信息在聯邦調查局的全國犯罪信息中心登記。

被開除軍籍的前空軍飛行員戴文·凱利11月初的一個星期天在德克薩斯州薩瑟蘭泉第一浸禮會教堂打死26人。他在被一個鄰居開槍打傷，並受到鄰居和警察的追趕時，朝自己頭部開槍自殺。