Tennessee shooter on the run after killing four at Waffle House

Four people at the Waffle House near Nashville were killed
Four people at the Waffle House near Nashville were killed Copyright Reuters
By Euronews with Reuters
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The suspect has been identified by police as 29 year old Travis Reinking

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A man who was naked but for a green jacket shot and killed at least four people and wounded at least three others at a Waffle House restaurant near Nashville, Tennessee early on Sunday, authorities said.

The gunman was armed with what was described as an AR-15 style assault rifle walked into the restaurant in Antioch, in suburban Nashville, shortly before 3:30 a.m. local time.

The man "opened fire," on the patrons, the Metro Nashville Police said in a statement on Twitter.

"A patron wrestled away the gunman's rifle," the statement said.

The gunman's vehicle was registered to Travis Reinking, 29, of Morton, Illinois, who police identified as a person of interest in the shooting. 

A shirt-less man wearing pants who was believed to be Reinking was spotted in woods near the waffle house, police said.

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