Investigators Find Texas Church Gunman’s Phone, but They Can’t Crack the Password

A member of the FBI's Evidence Response Team works on the crime scene of the mass shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, on Monday, Nov. 6, 2017. Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP

Texas authorities recovered the cellphone used by the suspected church gunman to call his father after he massacred 26 people on Sunday, Nov. 5. But they can’t get into the device because it is encrypted.

The phone has been sent to the FBI Academy in Quantico in Virginia, according to Christopher Combs, FBI special agent in charge of the case.