Four people are dead and two remain in hospital after a half-naked gunman opened fire in a Nashville Waffle House early Sunday morning.
According to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the alleged shooter remains free and authorities are searching for Travis Reinking, 29, of Morton, Ill.
Three people were killed at the restaurant in the Antioch neighbourhood of Nashville and another died in hospital after gunfire broke out at 3:25 a.m.
Waffle House: 6 persons shot, 4 fatally (3 died at the scene, 1 at the hospital). The 2 others are being treated at Vanderbilt. Search continuing for Travis Reinking. pic.twitter.com/ioR7cVq899
— Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) April 22, 2018
A man believed to be Travis Reinking was last seen in a wood line near Discovery at Mountain View Apts. on Mountain Springs Dr. near the Waffle House. The man was seen wearing black pants and no shirt.
— Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) April 22, 2018
The Nashville Metropolitan Police Department said that they have recovered the AR-15 rifle used during the attack.
| Police say this was the gun used in the Waffle House shooting. (Metropolitan Nashville Police Department) |
They say a Waffle House customer wrestled the gun away from the shooter, who then shed his coat and ran away fully nude.
Local media have identified the man as James Shaw Jr., 29.
| Police say this was the gun used in the Waffle House shooting. (Metropolitan Nashville Police Department) |
As of late morning, police say that they are drafting murder warrants of Reinking.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam offered his condolences to the victims of the attack and urged Nashville residents to stay alert while the shooter was on the loose.
U.S. President Donald Trump has yet to comment on the shooting.
More to come.
