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| Suspect dead, one injured after gunman opened fire inside Tennessee movie theatre | Suspect dead, one injured after gunman opened fire inside Tennessee movie theatre |
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| Nashville police fatally shot a suspect who attacked several people inside a local movie theatre on Wednesday afternoon. | Nashville police fatally shot a suspect who attacked several people inside a local movie theatre on Wednesday afternoon. |
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| Police dispatchers responded to reports of an active shooter at 1:15pm at the Hickory 8 movie theatre in Antioch, located in southeastern Davidson County, Tennessee. | Police dispatchers responded to reports of an active shooter at 1:15pm at the Hickory 8 movie theatre in Antioch, located in southeastern Davidson County, Tennessee. |
| The suspect, identified as a 51-year-old white man, walked into the theatre wearing a surgical mask and carrying two backpacks, a hatchet and a firearm. | |
| Metro Nashville Police Department have confirmed that the shooter was shot dead by police. | |
| Active shooter situation @ Hickory 8 Theater -- suspect dead | Active shooter situation @ Hickory 8 Theater -- suspect dead |
| An officer entered the theatre where the film Mad Max: Fury Road was showing, and exchanged fire with the attacker. The officer then took cover and a swat team engaged the shooter, who exchanged gunfire with the officers. The suspect was killed during the shootout. | |
| Don Aaron, Nashville Police spokesman said the suspect's backpacks were being investigated by a bomb squad which were later detonated. One of the packages was identified as a hoax device. | |
| The suspect reportedly entered the movie theatre dousing pepper spray onto the crowd and attacking one man with a hatchet. | |
| Emergency personnel gather outside Carmike Hickory 8 movie theater following a shooting 5 August 2015. | Emergency personnel gather outside Carmike Hickory 8 movie theater following a shooting 5 August 2015. |
| Officials later said that a 53-year-old woman and a 17-year-old girl were being treated for pepper spray related injuries. A 51-year-old man was also treated for a hatchet wound. | |
| Steven was one of 8 people in theater with suspect. He was the 58-year-old man injured on the arm and pepper spray. pic.twitter.com/WApQFOIRpO | Steven was one of 8 people in theater with suspect. He was the 58-year-old man injured on the arm and pepper spray. pic.twitter.com/WApQFOIRpO |
| Steven, the 58-year-old, told reporters that he was "eternally grateful" for the police response to the attack and he had no idea why the man attacked people inside the theatre. | Steven, the 58-year-old, told reporters that he was "eternally grateful" for the police response to the attack and he had no idea why the man attacked people inside the theatre. |
| “I would ask anyone to pray for [the suspect’s] family because he obviously has some mental problems or something else," he said. | “I would ask anyone to pray for [the suspect’s] family because he obviously has some mental problems or something else," he said. |
| Police have not yet identified the shooter or have identified a motive. | |