FBI can't get into Texas church shooter's phone, setting up possible encryption showdown

Federal investigators have so far been unable to break into the phone of Devin Patrick Kelley, the suspect in Sunday’s deadly church massacre in Texas, which is setting up a possible encryption showdown with technology companies.

According to Christopher Combs, FBI special agent in charge, the authorities have been unable to get into Kelley’s phone due to encryption. That problem could rekindle a battle that gained national attention after Apple refused to help federal investigators break into an iPhone used by Syed Farook, the shooter who killed 14 in San Bernardino, Calif., in 2015.