'No Credible Sightings' As US Police Hunt Tennessee Shooter

Police in the US state of Tennessee swept the Nashville area Monday for a gunman who killed four people at a Waffle House restaurant in America's country music capital.

Chicago, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 23rd Apr, 2018 ) :Police in the US state of Tennessee swept the Nashville area Monday for a gunman who killed four people at a Waffle House restaurant in America's country music capital.

The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said Travis Reinking -- who reportedly had exhibited delusional behavior in the past and was arrested last year for trying to enter the White House grounds -- was last seen on Sunday morning near a wooded area behind his apartment complex.

"There have been no credible sightings. The search will continue. All schools in the area have been cleared by officers," the department said in a statement. Metro Nashville Public Schools instituted a "lock-out" -- meaning no guests or visitors were allowed on school grounds -- in the southeastern suburb of Antioch, where the Waffle House restaurant is located, and nearby Cane Ridge.

The 29-year-old Reinking is accused of opening fire at the restaurant in the early morning hours of Sunday, while dressed only in a jacket. He was stopped by James Shaw, 29, a restaurant patron who wrestled the gun away.

"Shaw's actions undoubtedly saved many lives," the police department said. Reinking then shed his jacket, and is believed to have gone back to his nearby apartment home, put on a pair of pants and fled shirtless, according to police.