Tennessee church shooting leaves 1 dead, several wounded, officials say
Fox News
16 mins ago

Authorities said one woman was killed and seven others were wounded after a 26-year-old African-American man wearing a ski mask opened fire at a Tennessee church Sunday.

The gunman, who officials said shot himself and was taken to a hospital, opened fire at Burnette Chapel Church of Christ in Antioch, southeast of Nashville, just after 11 a.m. and fired “multiple rounds,” police said in a news conference. The Nashville Fire Department called the incident “a mass casualty situation.”

A church usher confronted the gunman at one point and was pistol-whipped, causing "significant injury around his head." He told police he then went to his own car, grabbed a pistol and headed back into the church. The gunman then shot himself.

A woman who was fatally shot had just left church and was walking to her car when she was hit, police said.

The gunman, with his car still running in the parking lot, then entered the rear of the church and shot six people – three women and three men – who were rushed to the hospital, police said.

The gunman and five others were treated for gunshot wounds at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Another victim and the man who was pistol-whipped were taken to Skyline Medical Center for treatment.

The gunman, who remains under police surveillance, is expected to survive.

"This is a mass casualty situation. All of the wounded have been transported to area hospitals. The majority are older adults," Nashville Fire Department wrote on Twitter, who later clarified all but one victim was over the age of 60.

https://twitter.com/NashvilleFD/status/9...police-say.html

Several witnesses claimed the shooter was wearing a “clown mask” when he opened fire, but police said he was wearing a mask that resembled more of a ski mask.

The FBI is responding to the incident, but is not leading the investigation at this point.

Megan Barry, mayor of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County, said in a statement that the shooting "is a terrible tragedy for our city. My heart aches for the family and friends of the deceased as well as for the wounded victims and their loved ones."

The church has a weekly service starting at 10 a.m. Sunday. The surrounding area was closed off as police investigated the situation.

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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/09/24/mul...police-say.html

Police Identify Antioch Church Shooter as Emanuel Kidega Samson
by AWR Hawkins24 Sep 20174,905
Police identify the Antioch, Tennessee, church shooter as 25-year-old Emanuel Kidega Samson, whom they say fatally shot a woman in the parking lot before entering the church and firing “indiscriminately” at others.

Breitbart News reported that one person was killed and several were wounded during Samson’s alleged attack.

According to ABC News, Nashville Metro police spokesman Don Aaron said Samson “was wearing a neoprene half-mask and drove an SUV” into the parking of Burnette Chapel Church of Christ He said Samson “arrived in the parking lot and first fatally fired at a woman walking to her car.” He then entered the church where he shot and wounded others.

https://twitter.com/MNPDNashville/status...urch-shooter%2F

The attack was interrupted by 22–year-old Robert Engle, an usher at the church. Engle wrestled with Samson and during the confrontation Samson’s was shot “in the left pectoral” with his own gun. Engle then ran out to his car to retrieve his own gun in order to “confront [Samson] again.”

Police say there is “no known relationship between Samson and the congregation.”

Fox News reports that Samson immigrated to the United States “from Sudan two decades ago.”

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/...church-shooter/

Christians were targeted. Does that count as a hate crime ????

Update shooter is from Sudan


Tennessee Church Shooting Suspect Is A Sudanese Bodybuilder
Thomas Phippen
5:54 PM
09/24/2017

Nashville Police have identified the suspect of a mass shooting at a church Sunday morning as 25-year-old Emanuel Kidega Samson.

Samson is being charged with murder and multiple counts of attempted murder in the attack that killed one and left at least seven other people injured at the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ in Antioch, a town just south of Nashville, Tenn.

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.

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http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/24/tennes...old-from-sudan/

Further Update:

Tennessee Church Killer Posted Black Nationalist, Anti-Police, Pro-Islam Material
September 24, 2017
Daniel Greenfield

Kidega, the Sudanese immigrant who opened fire in a Tennessee Church had a social media profile (as reported by Heavy) that is chock full of everything you expect.

Kidega's likes included black nationalist Muslim racists like Farrakhan and Malcolm X.

There is the black nationalism and the accusations of racism. Especially when directed at the police.

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And there are the pro-Islamic materials. Kidega appears to have been a Christian. His social media usually suggests as much. But he did have a variety of pro-Islamic memes, usually from left-wing sites like Mic. The one above is particularly ironic.

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http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/267953...niel-greenfield

Something tells me you are correct.

Besides the talking heads are all preoccupied with 'taking a knee' and 'free speech'.