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Disturbing: Naked Gunman Kills Three in a Waffle House
Townhall.com ^ | April 22, 2018 | Timothy Meads

Posted on 04/22/2018 5:43:08 AM PDT by Kaslin

A tragic scene unfolded in Antioch, Tennessee early Sunday morning as a naked gunman opened fire in a Waffle House. The attack killed three.

Police say that Travis Reinking, of Morton, Illinois, is the person of interest in the shooting. The 29 year old man is still on the run. 

According to the Tennessean, “Police said a gunman opened fire at about 3:25 a.m. at the Waffle House at 3571 Murfreesboro Pike, which is just south of Mt. View Road. 

Police said the vehicle the gunman arrived in is registered to Reinking. They said the gunman was reportedly last seen walking south on Murfreesboro Pike, had shed his coat and was nude. 

Anyone who has seen Reinking is asked to call Metro police immediately at 615-862-8600.”

The 911 call at 3:25 AM garnered massive police presence. More than 30 police officers arrived at the scene but the alleged suspect had already ran off by then. 

BREAKING: 3 persons fatally shot & 4 others wounded at the Waffle House, 3571 Murfreesboro Pike. Gunman opened fire @ 3:25 a.m. A patron wrestled away the gunman's rifle. He was nude & fled on foot. He is a white man with short hair. pic.twitter.com/d1qxRxsGNx— Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) April 22, 2018

According to ABC News, Waffle House officially released the following statement: 

"We are deeply saddened by this tragic incident," Waffle House said later in a statement. "Right now, our first thoughts are with the victims and their families, and we will be there for them in this most difficult time. We are still gathering the details, and so we do not have much information to share ... This is a very sad day for the Waffle House family.



TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: antioch; nashville; shooting; sidebarabuse; tennessee; travisreinking; wafflehouse
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To: Kaslin

bathsalt?


21 posted on 04/22/2018 6:14:32 AM PDT by Democrats hate too much
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To: Thank You Rush
it could have been a .22 for all anyone knows..

Maybe it was a flintlock musket if that makes you feel better?

In other articles it was described as an assault rifle --as it likely would be, and I don't need a pedantic debate over "what defines an assault rifle?" I don't give a shit and neither do the soccer moms who will soon cheerfully vote to ban them.

And, FWIW, I own several.

22 posted on 04/22/2018 6:18:30 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: Jack Hammer

He made one just for the gun out of some pampers and some white surgical tape, just for to gun.


23 posted on 04/22/2018 6:23:02 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country)
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To: Kaslin

Well, let’s see. Naked means meth and meth means white people. So the perp is the right color for this to go national. But the victims were Tennesseans eating at a Waffle House. In other words, poor white trash who the left has zero sympathy for. I conclude that this story will make a blip on the media radar screen and then quickly disappear. The exception would be if the victims turned out to be Nashville area hipsters — like Vanderbilt students or something — eating there ironically, in which case the media might devote more attention.


24 posted on 04/22/2018 6:24:35 AM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Kaslin

I’m getting ready to go get pancakes, taking my CCW. That’s a warning to any potential naked shooter Freepers.


25 posted on 04/22/2018 6:28:35 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is what I read in the papers.)
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To: tet68

Spelling is optional....communication is paramount.


26 posted on 04/22/2018 6:42:25 AM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: Drew68

And, FWIW, I own several.


Now, FakeBook and Guzzle have added one more layer to their database.


27 posted on 04/22/2018 6:44:03 AM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: 4Runner

What are you saying, that the killings were staged?


28 posted on 04/22/2018 6:45:48 AM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

lolol


29 posted on 04/22/2018 6:45:50 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: 4Runner
More grist for the Second Amendment-killing mill. There will be a lot more of these until they get what they want. We are in a war. They don’t care how many innocents die as long as they can finally disarm the American people.

My first thought as well.

30 posted on 04/22/2018 6:49:14 AM PDT by exit82 (The opposition has already been Trumped!)
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To: EEGator
"I can’t believe this wasn’t in Florida..."

Agreed. Naked guy, murder, waffle house, doesn't surprise me. Its the Tennessee angle that has me confused.

31 posted on 04/22/2018 6:52:06 AM PDT by Lockbar (What would Vlad The Impaler do?)
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To: Democrats hate too much

“bathsalt?”

I was thinking of something along those lines. Mainly because he was nude under the coat.


32 posted on 04/22/2018 6:52:16 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Thank You Rush

AOL says it was an AR-15 rifle. Damn. That will only help the Democrat hysterics here in Delaware in the process of banning these.


33 posted on 04/22/2018 6:53:34 AM PDT by Hartlyboy
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To: SamAdams76

What are you saying, that the Trump Campaign/Russia collusion was staged?


34 posted on 04/22/2018 7:11:36 AM PDT by 4Runner
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To: palmer
Please be specific - he was naked - which hair was short?
Seriously, the head shot on foxnews - he looks like he is related to Nicholas Cruz.
35 posted on 04/22/2018 7:13:32 AM PDT by MomwithHope (Law and Order and that includes Natural.)
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To: Jack Hammer

Damned evil guns. /s

They were both unholstered, it seems.


36 posted on 04/22/2018 7:14:22 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus-)
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To: Samurai_Jack

Too much starch?


37 posted on 04/22/2018 7:18:46 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: 4Runner
Straw man argument. You are the one who seemed to imply that the Waffle House shooting is a staged event to bring about gun control.

Fact is, in a nation of 300 million plus, we are going to have our share of whack jobs. Not everything is a conspiracy. Sometimes people just go nuts and do bad things.

38 posted on 04/22/2018 7:19:46 AM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: Carl Vehse
When you close down the insane asylumns, this is what you get: a naked man murdering people in a waffle house...

My Dad was an architect who worked for the state and he was in charge of the remodeling and creation of additions to the state prisons and mental hospitals. He always told me he felt safer when he was visiting the prisons than when he had to visit the mental hospitals and he said he actually had more security escorts at the hospitals.

39 posted on 04/22/2018 7:20:52 AM PDT by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: Kaslin

Morton is a nice, very modest, heavily Christian community, outside of Peoria.


40 posted on 04/22/2018 7:22:09 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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