At least one woman has been reported dead and at least six others were wounded after a gunman opened fire in a church in the town of Antioch, Tenn., near Nashville, on Sunday.
Police began to receive calls about 11:15 am that shots were fired in Burnette Chapel Church of Christ, according to The Tennesssean.
The Nashville Fire Department confirmed in a tweet that the suspect was among those injured, who are mostly people over the age of 60.
Medical personnel are treating 8 wounded church goers shot at Burnett’s Chapel Church of Christ. Shooter among wounded.
— Nashville Fire Dept (@NashvilleFD) September 24, 2017
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Aaron said the shooter was wearing a type of ski mask at the time of the shooting and came from Rutherford County, Tenn.
Police say the shooter, who is 26 years old, pistol-whipped the church usher.
There is currently no known relationship between the shooter and the congregation.
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One dead, at least six wounded after shooting at Nashville church https://t.co/gb1kdXSDpA pic.twitter.com/S4QSG7JthD
— The Hill (@thehill) September 24, 2017
BREAKING: accused #Antioch church shooter Emanuel Samson is being taken into jail now in Nashville. pic.twitter.com/svwJtQP88h
— Natalie Allison (@natalie_allison) September 24, 2017
Heartbreaking. Thank goodness for the CHL holder. Church shooting suspect ID’d as 25 y/o from Sudan. https://t.co/ChK3Ru4GVE
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) September 24, 2017
Samson is a bodybuilder who attended high school in Tennessee and is originally from Karthoum, Sudan, according screenshots of the suspect’s Facebook page obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation before the account was taken down. Police say he is a legal resident and came to the U.S. in the 1990s.……
A Nashville Police Department spokesman said the shooter entered the church after 11 a.m. CST wearing a neoprene ski mask. One woman was shot in the parking lot before the shooter entered the church and opened fire on about 42 people still inside.
One church member, 22-year-old Caleb Engle, confronted the shooter before being pistol whipped in the face. Engle then went to his car to retrieve a gun, which he has under a concealed carry license.
Engle returned to the church to confront the gunman again. The gunman shot himself in the face when the man returned, possibly by accident.
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