US Authorities Capture Tennessee Shooting Suspect
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published April 24, 2018 | 01:23 PM
Tennessee police captured Monday the man suspected of gunning down four people at a restaurant in Nashville, America's country music capital.
Chicago, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 24th Apr, 2018 ) :Tennessee police captured Monday the man suspected of gunning down four people at a restaurant in Nashville, America's country music capital.
Travis Reinking -- who exhibited "mental instability" and was arrested last year for trying to enter the White House grounds -- was captured in the early afternoon after a more than 24-hour manhunt.
"A tip from the community is what led to the arrest," Nashville Mayor David Briley told a news conference. The 29-year-old was to face four counts of criminal homicide charges for Sunday's pre-dawn shooting that also wounded two people.
He was captured without incident at a wooded area near his home, refused to speak with authorities and asked for a lawyer, police said, adding that they found a semi-automatic weapon and ammunition in a backpack he was carrying.
After his arrest, police posted photos of Reinking in the back of a police car, looking disheveled and wearing a ripped maroon shirt and jeans. "He looked like he was tired," said Nashville police lieutenant Carlos Lara.
Reinking is accused of using an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle to rain bullets at the Waffle House restaurant while wearing nothing but a jacket. He was stopped by James Shaw, 29, a restaurant patron hailed as a hero for wrestling away the rifle.
Reinking then shed his jacket, returned to his nearby apartment home, put on clothes and fled, according to police. The Nashville metropolitan area of 1.8 million people was on edge for more than a day as armed Federal, state and local police looked for the suspect.
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