The shooting at the Waffle House in Tennessee has left 4 people dead
A gunman opened fire at a Waffle House restaurant near Nashville early Sunday morning, killing four and wounding several others, police say.
The incident happened at about 3:30 a.m. The Metro Nashville Police Department said the gunman, who was armed with a rifle, fled after a customer wrestled the weapon from him. Police said the suspect shed his coat and was nude when he left the restaurant.
Police have identified 29-year-old Travis Reinking as a suspect in the Waffle House shooting
Investigators are looking for Travis Reinking, 29, of Morton, Illinois, whom they described as a person of interest in the shooting. Police said the gunman arrived at the restaurant in a vehicle registered to Reinking.
Police later said that a man believed to be Reinking was last seen in a wooded area near an apartment complex less than a mile away from the Waffle House. He was wearing black pants and with no shirt on.
A spokeswoman at Vanderbilt University Medical Center said it admitted three patients from the shooting. Two were in critical condition and one died later.
"It's a tragic day for our city anytime people lose their lives at the hands of a gunman. My heart goes out to the families & friends of every person who was killed or wounded in this morning's shooting. I know all of their lives will be forever changed by this devastating crime," Nashville Mayor David Briley said Sunday on Twitter.
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