Last month, a deranged gunman with mental problems shot and killed two people in a Louisiana movie theater. Today, the AP reports there was an active-shooter situation in Tennessee.
BREAKING: Fire Department: Police respond to report of shots fired at suburban Nashville movie theater.
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 5, 2015UPDATE: Thankfully, the gunman has been taken out.
BREAKING: Police: Suspect dead after officers respond to report of shots fired at Nashville-area theater.
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 5, 2015UPDATE: The shooting reportedly happened during a screening of Mad Max: Fury Road.
UPDATE: The movie theater is located in Antioch, TN. An unidentified witness also told Fox News that he heard "a lot of shots" ring out inside the theater.
UPDATE: The suspect was reportedly carrying two backpacks that authorities are now investigating.
UPDATE: What we now know.
THEATER SHOOTING:
- Nashville
- During Mad Max
- Multiple shots fired
- 1 person injured
- Gunman dead
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— Breaking News Feed (@PzFeed) August 5, 2015UPDATE: The injured moviegoer was allegedly attacked with a hatchet.
UPDATE: Nashville Fire Department spokesman Brian Haas said no policemen — or firefighters — were hurt.
UPDATE: No life-threatening injuries have yet been reported.
BREAKING: Fire department: 3 treated at theater for pepper spray exposure; 1 had possible hatchet wound.
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 5, 2015UPDATE: Fox News reports that the suspect was killed outside the movie theater by SWAT personnel. The suspect has also been identified.
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