Gunman captured after opening fire in Antioch church killing 1, injuring 7
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ANTIOCH, Tenn. (AP) – Authorities in Tennessee say eight people are injured and at least one person is dead after a shooting at a church in the Nashville area.
Nashville fire department spokesman Joseph Pleasant tells the Tennessean newspaper that the wounded were being transported to Vanderbilt Medical Center. The nature of the injuries weren’t immediately known.
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Medical personnel are treating 8 wounded church goers shot at Burnett’s Chapel Church of Christ. Shooter among wounded.
A dispatcher quoted by the newspaper said that the scene was still “active” at the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ in Antioch as of 11:40 a.m. Sunday. Multiple ambulances were seen at the church.
On Twitter, Nashville fire officials described it as a “mass casualty situation.” They said eight people, nearly all of them adults over age 60, were being treated for gunshot wounds and the area around the church remained shut down.
Gunman opens fire at Church of Christ Burnette Chapel on Pin Hook Road. 1 woman dead in parking lot...6 other innocents shot... pic.twitter.com/yuwjfGPjXs
A Nashville police spokesman didn’t immediately answer a telephone call or respond to an email on the shooting.
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