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Nashville church shooting: 'One dead and eight wounded' in incident at Tennessee chapel Nashville church shooting: 'One dead and seven wounded' in incident at Tennessee chapel
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Police are responding to reports of a shooting at a chapel in Nashville, Tennessee. NBC reports that one is dead and eight have been wounded.  One person was killed and seven others were wounded after a gunman open fired at a church in Antioch, Tennessee, according to a local police department's Twitter account.
According to the Tennessean, at around 11.15 am, police began receiving calls that multiple shots were fired with people apparently shot at Burnette Chapel Church of Christ.  The shooter, described as a man in his mid-20s, shot himself after being confronted by an armed member of the congregation, the Tennessean – a local newspaper – reported. He is among the wounded being treated at the hospital. 
Joseph Pleasant, a spokesman for the Nashville fire department, confirmed to the newspaper that at least six to eight people have been injured and were being transported to Vanderbilt Medical Center.  The gunman shot and killed one woman in the parking lot as the church service was ending. He then entered the church and shot three men and three women, police spokesman Don Aaron said, according to the Tennessean. One man who confronted the shooter while inside the church was pistol-whipped, he said. 
According to a tweet from the Nashville Fire Department account, the shooter is among those wounded.  Those injured were transported to a local hospital. 
"All of the wounded except of one is over the age of 60," The Nashville Fire Department said, according to the Tennessean. All six patients are adults, the Tennessean reported.
A spokesman for Vanderbilt University Medical Center said two of the victims are critically injured, according to the newspaper. The other four victims are in stable condition.
"The two critical patients suffered gunshot wounds to (their) chest and torso," said John Howser, a spokesman for the hospital. "The four other patients suffered gunshot wounds to their extremities."