Crime & Safety

Nashville Waffle House Shooting Leaves 4 Dead, Suspect At-Large

BREAKING: The gunman was last seen walking south on Murfreesboro Pike. He shed is coat and is nude, police said.

NASHVILLE, TN — A gunman donning a green jacket and nothing else opened fire at a Waffle House in Nashville, killing four people and injuring four others, police said. Travis Reinking, 29, of Morton, Illinois, was identified by local police as a person of interest in the early Sunday shooting.

The vehicle that the gunman arrived in was registered to Reinking, police said on Twitter.

A man believed to be Reinking was last seen in a wood line near Discovery at the Mountain View Apartments on Mountain Springs Drive near the Waffle House. The man was seen wearing black pants and no shirt, police said.

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Anyone who sees him should call 615-862-8600 immediately.


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