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Nashville Waffle house Shooting

A shooting at a Waffle House in Nashville, Tennessee shook the entire city.

Police say Travis Reinking, 29, approached a Waffle House in Antioch around 3:23 a.m and used an "assault-type rifle" to fatally shoot two people standing outside, Metro Nashville police said. Reinking then went inside the restaurant and continued firing, police said. Two victims inside were also fatally shot.

A total of four people were shot and killed. Another four people were injured from the chaos inside the restaurant.

The shooting soon ended when a customer wrestled the weapon away from the gunman, who then fled on foot.

After a chaotic hunt, police received a community tip that led to Reinking's arrest in a forested area near his apartment on Monday. He was sent to jail Monday night on four counts of criminal homicide.

Before this shooting, Reinking already had some run-in with the law. According to police, Reinking was once arrested by the Secret Service for trespassing near the White House. He was charged with unlawful entry, but had his charges dismissed after completing community service.

The FBI interviewed Reinking shortly after and seized his guns. Authorities later returned the seized weapons to Reinking's father, who gave them back to his son. One of those guns was the same AR-15-style rifle used in Sunday's attack.

The four victims of the attack were Waffle House employee Taurean C. Sanderlin, 29, customer Joe R. Perez, 20, 23-year-old Akilah DaSilva, and 21-year-old DeEbony Groves.

This is the Waffle House where the shooter killed 4 people. This same person was arrested for attempting to climb The White House fence last year. The shooter is still at large.


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