BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — The Latest on shootings along an East Tennessee highway (all times local):
11:55 a.m.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says one person has died and four others including a police officer were injured when a suspect fired shots at a Days Inn and at several vehicles traveling along a roadway in East Tennessee.
TBI spokesman Josh DeVine said the suspect was armed with at least two weapons and shot at responding officers, who returned fire, wounding him. The suspect and the four people who were injured were taken to the Bristol Regional Medical Center.
Bristol police said in a statement that the shootings happened early Thursday in the city along the Virginia border.
Media reported that TBI agents were processing four separate crime scenes.
DeVine said police are working “as aggressively, as quickly, and as carefully as possibly” to gather evidence and determine what happened.
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11:20 a.m.
Police say multiple people have been injured and one person was taken into custody after a man opened fire on motorists traveling along a parkway in East Tennessee.
Bristol police say in a statement it happened early Thursday in the city along the Virginia border.
Bristol Police Chief Blaine Wade told media that responding officers found an active shooter at the scene, who began shooting at officers. Police returned fire, he said, and the man was shot and wounded. One officer also received a minor injury. The suspect and the victims were taken to the Bristol Regional Medical Center. The number of people injured by gunfire wasn’t clear.
Media reported that Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agents were processing four separate crime scenes.
No further information was immediately available.
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The NRA asks for a ‘moment of silence’ and to send your ‘thoughts & prayers’ that no guns were harmed, or if they were that they will be all right.
And the NRA wants you to remember than the only way to stop gun violence is more gun fights.
#Killing Our Children Since 1871:
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Wonder how long it will take some GOP nutbag to invoke ISIS or shreik about Obama and Hillary takin’ away “thear gunz”.
When Orlando happened I commented to a co-worker I hoped the perp didn’t have an Arabic/Muslim name, and sure as hell he did. I won’t predict it again, we’ll know soon enough. If he’s “Henry Wayne Harper” I’d be relieved.
You and me both.