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Naked gunman who killed four at Tennessee Waffle House, still on the loose! Cops say Travis Reinking also injured three after opening fire with an AR-15 having early Sunday breakfast

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><header id&equals;"ra-headers">&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Naked gunman who killed several patrons early Sunday at the breakfast food joint in Tennessee&period; still on the loose <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Four killed&comma; seven injured when suspect opened fire at about 3&colon;25 a&period;m&period; Sunday at the Waffle house in Antioch&comma; Tenn<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Three of the victims died at the scene and a fourth died at the hospital&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Travis Reinking&comma; 29&comma; of Morton from Morton&comma; Illinois flagged wanted for the murders<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>29-year-old Thomas Shaw Jr&period;&comma; a diner inside the Waffle House wrestled the rifle away from the naked gunman<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Reinking allegedly&comma; was naked under a green jacket&comma; which he  stuffed full with extra <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">ammunition&comma; during his shooting rampa<&sol;span><&sol;strong><strong>ge<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">The suspect fled on foot after he lost his rifle in the struggle&comma; cops said the vehicle the gunman abandoned at the restaurant is registered to Reinking<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;header>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"ra-body-wrap">&NewLine;<article id&equals;"ra-body">&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-291814" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;04&sol;Travis-Reinking-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Travis Reinking&comma; 1&period;jpg" width&equals;"1200" height&equals;"737" &sol;><strong>Wanted for murder&period; Manhunt is on for Travis Reinking of Morton&comma; Ill&period;&comma; who police said is a person of interest&comma; in the mass killing<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>A naked gunman unleashed mayhem overnight at a suburban Nashville Waffle House&comma; where he killed four people and left another seven injured before a patron could wrestle the gun away&comma; cops said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Cops are searching for Travis Reinking&comma; an Illinois resident listed as a person of interest&comma; who police believe may have carried out the attack&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Reinking&comma; 29&comma; was initially named as a person of interest in the shooting and remains at large&period; Metro Nashville Police Department said he is now wanted for murder&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-291821" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;04&sol;James-Shaw-Jr-1&period;png" alt&equals;"James Shaw Jr 1&period;PNG" width&equals;"666" height&equals;"806" &sol;>James Shaw Jr&period; reportedly&comma;  wrestled with and disarmed the gunman who killed four people and injured seven others in Antioch&comma; Tenn&period; on Sunday morning before fleeing&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>The attacker only wore a green jacket filled with extra ammunition stuffed inside when he opened fire at about 3&colon;25 a&period;m&period; Sunday at the breakfast food joint in Antioch&comma; Tenn&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;At least six people were struck by gunfire in total&comma; authorities said&comma; while others have &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;very visible cuts on their faces” after being hit by broken glass&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;James Shaw Jr has been identified as the man who wrestled with the gunman&comma; who killed four people and seven others in Antioch on Sunday morning before fleeing&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Shaw Jr was grazed by a bullet and treated for a minor gunshot wound on his elbow&period; He has since been released from the hospital&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-291824" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;04&sol;James-Shaw-Jr-5&period;png" alt&equals;"James Shaw Jr 5&period;PNG" width&equals;"675" height&equals;"475" &sol;> <strong>James Shaw Jr&period;&comma; said he &&num;8221&semi; saw the opportunity and pretty much took it&period;&&num;8221&semi; when he tackled the shooter and took his assault rifle away<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">The <a class&equals;"class" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tennessean&period;com&sol;story&sol;news&sol;crime&sol;2018&sol;04&sol;22&sol;waffle-house-shooting-hero-stopped-shooter&sol;540061002&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener">Tennessean<&sol;a> quotes Shaw Jr as saying he was just trying to stay alive when he tackled the shooter and grabbed his assault rifle&comma; throwing it over the counter&colon; &&num;8220&semi;I was just trying to get myself out&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Shaw said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;I saw the opportunity and pretty much took it&period;&&num;8221&semi; &vert;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The shooting began at the restaurant around 3&period;25am on Sunday&comma;  when a man who was only clothed in a green jacket and armed with an AR-15 opened fire&comma; according to the Metro Nashville Police Department&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The gunman shot six people before Shaw Jr stopped him&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;I don&&num;8217&semi;t know if it has hit me yet as far as witnessing other people dying&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Shaw Jr said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-291815" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;04&sol;Bullet-holes-are-seen-at-the-Nashville-Waffle-House&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Bullet holes are seen at the Nashville Waffle House&period;jpg" width&equals;"1200" height&equals;"836" &sol;><strong>Bullet holes are seen at the Antioch Waffle House on April 22&comma; 2018<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Reinking&comma; 29&comma; Reinking was on the radar of both the FBI and law enforcement out of state  &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;due to previous interactions&comma;” police said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Why he is in Nashville and what prompted this morning has not been determined&comma;” Metro Nashville Police spokesman Don Aaron said at a news briefing&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Witnesses told media the gunman arrived in a pickup truck and started unloading an assault-style rifle without any provocation&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He did not say anything&comma;” witness Chuck Cordero&comma; who had arrived there for a cup of coffee&comma; told reporters at the scene&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He pulled up&comma; got out of his car and was all business&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-291817" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;04&sol;Assault-rifle-wrestled-away-from-gunman-at-te-Bullet-holes-are-seen-at-the-Waffle-House&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Assault rifle wrestled away from gunman at te Bullet holes are seen at the Waffle House&period;jpg" width&equals;"1200" height&equals;"1514" &sol;>Thomas Shaw&comma; a diner inside the Waffle House wrestled the rifle away from the naked gunman&comma; who police identified as Travis Reinking from Morton&comma; Ill&period;<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-291820" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;04&sol;Coroners-removing-bodies-from-the-Waffle-House-in-Antioch-Tenn&period;-on-Sunday-afternoon&period;png" alt&equals;"Coroners removing bodies from the Waffle House in Antioch&comma; Tenn&period; on Sunday afternoon&period;PNG" width&equals;"692" height&equals;"439" &sol;>Coroners remove bodies from the restaurant on Sunday afternoon&period; There were four fatalities&comma; while seven more were injured<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>The suspect fatally shot two people outside before firing at the restaurant’s windows&period; He then headed inside and resumed shooting&comma; police said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The fourth victim later died at a Nashville hospital&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A 29-year-old patron who Aaron described as a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;hero” waited for the shooter to stop firing before charging at him&comma; wrestling the gun away and tossing it over the counter&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The shooter then took off and shed the green jacket he was wearing&comma; and headed for an apartment complex where he was staying&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He then tossed on a black pair of pants and took off for a wooded area&comma; Aaron said&comma; which K-9 units are combing for clues&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Police said the suspect shot out the front window of the restaurant&comma; leaving many people inside with visible cuts on their faces from glass&period;  A total of eight people were taken to hospitals with injuries&comma; including six who had gunshot wounds&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Two of the victims were killed outside of Waffle House and one person was fatally shot inside the restaurant&comma; according to <a class&equals;"class" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;abcnews&period;go&period;com&sol;US&sol;dead-injured-shooting-waffle-house-nashville&sol;story&quest;id&equals;54643375" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener">ABC<&sol;a>&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A fourth person died at Vanderbilt University Medical Center&comma; where one victim remains in critical condition and another is in critical but stable condition&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-291816" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;04&sol;Nashville-waffle-house-shooting&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Nashville waffle-house-shooting&period;jpg" width&equals;"1200" height&equals;"732" &sol;>Law enforcement officials work the scene of the fatal Waffle House shooting<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-module h">The hero Shaw Jr&period;&comma; who is credited with preventing more possible deaths  when he tackled the gunman&comma; was also treated for an elbow injury and some abrasions&comma; officials said<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He really saved some people&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m positive he did&comma;” Cordero told the Tennessean of the unidentified diner&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Had that guy had a chance to reload his weapon&comma; there was plenty more people in that restaurant&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Waffle House public relations director Pat Warner did not say whether any employees were among those hurt Sunday morning&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;This is a very sad day for the Waffle House family&comma; and we ask for everyone to keep the victims and their families in their thoughts and prayers&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he said in an email to the Daily News&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Nashville Mayor David Briley called it a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;tragic day for our city anytime people lose their lives at the hands of a gunman&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;article>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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