One dead, seven injured after shooting at Tennessee church

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NASHVILLE, TENN. (NEWS 1130) –  Authorities in Tennessee say one person is dead and seven others are hurt after a gunman opened fire at a church in Nashville.

Metropolitan Nashville police spokesman Don Aaron said at a news conference that the gunman arrived in the parking lot as services were being let out Sunday at the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ.

Aaron says the suspect fatally shot a woman who was walking to her car. He adds the gunman then entered the rear of the church and six people were shot. He adds a churchgoer who confronted the gunman was pistol-whipped by the suspect, who then shot himself.

The suspect, who was in his mid 20s and was from Rutherford County and passed away in the hospital. His name has not been released.

Earlier in the day the local fire department also took to social media to describe the situation as a “mass casualty,” adding all of the victims were over the age of 60.

 

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