Police: Shooter At Nashville Movie Theater Now Dead

Dozens of law enforcement and emergency responders work in the parking lot after a suspect wielding a hatchet and gun inside a Nashville-area movie theater died after exchanging gunshots with SWAT team members that s... Dozens of law enforcement and emergency responders work in the parking lot after a suspect wielding a hatchet and gun inside a Nashville-area movie theater died after exchanging gunshots with SWAT team members that stormed the theater, police said, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015. The suspect, who was not identified, was armed with a gun and hatchet at the Carmike Hickory 8 theater in Antioch, said Don Aaron, a spoke, man for Metro Nashville police. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski) MORE LESS
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UPDATE: 4:18 PM ET

A shooter who entered a Nashville movie theater armed with a hatchet and gun was killed by a SWAT team on Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. Three people have been treated for exposure to pepper spray, which the gunman unleashed in the theater, and one person suffered a superficial wound that may have been caused by the hatchet.

Nashville Metro Police spokesman Don Aaron said the gunman, who burst into a screening of “Mad Max: Fury Road,” has been tentatively identified as a 51-year-old local white man. Authorities were looking into the content of two backpacks the suspect brought with him, one of which was left behind in the theater.

This incident came just two weeks after a Louisiana man opened fire at a screening of “Trainwreck” in Lafayette, Louisiana, killing two people and injuring nine.

This post has been updated.

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  1. It’s a really good thing we have so many guns out there. It’s a banner day in America.

  2. Wayne LaPierre must be proud. Oh, and the sick fucks in Congress that think the 2nd Amendment means guns, guns, and more guns for everyone!

  3. "Now is not the time to talk about gun control!!!"

    There Bobby, I did it for you.

  4. Just another Wednesday in 'Murica. Move along…

  5. Fantastic. So our kids can be shot dead at school. Our kids can be shot dead at church. Our kids can be shot dead at the movies. Way to make America safe, guns rights activists (you fucking morons).

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