Waffle House Suspect Arrested, Father Also May Face Charges Said Police
April 24, 2018 12:16(Image source from: NBC News)
After 34 hour door to door Manhunt, The Police on Monday arrested a man accused of killing four people and hurting many with a fire packed attack on many people at the waffle house restaurant in Nashville.
The police has locked down the schools and announced red alert across Nashville, Tennessee region, to safeguard people from suspect armed man, the Policemen identified the suspect Travis Reinking (29) and finally took him in to their custody hiding in the woods behind a construction site which was located a mile long around the restaurant in community of Antioch.
The Police also said that Reinking immediately surrendered laying over the ground, when Police officer approached him with his gun. Reinking was later taken to the hospital after being arrested and cases were booked against him on charges of criminal homicide.
Reinking refused to answer questions or to make a statement, said Don Aaron , a spokesperson of Metropolitan Nashville Police Department. He also tried not to explain how he managed to escape from police dogs, choppers and Police personnel reaching him, and also did not open his mouth to answer what made him to open fire on randomly moving strangers early Sunday morning.
Reinkeing is charged $2 Million - $500,000 for each homicide he committed. He is scheduled by police officials to appear before the court on Wednesday Morning after the preliminary investigation is made.
Police reported that he showed signs of disability having extensively run ins b the authorities, he was found to be accumulated with long list of red flags in the recent years and got his firearms license revoked , those guns were taken away by authorities last year,but still managed to get them back and started firing with them after one year.
In the last summer Reinking was caught outside the White House trying to cross the barrier, declaring himself to be “sovereign citizen” willing to speak with the president Trump.
That incident made him to stay under the scrutiny of the secret services and the FBI, as well under the control of state and local Police officials in Illinois, where he lived earlier.
In the month of August 2017, the state and local authorities seized his guns and handed over to his father, Jeffrey Reinking, who agreed to keep the guns secure and away from his son. Eventually the father accepted that he gave back guns to his son to satisfy his needs
Over view of the circumstances may make his father Jeffery to face consequences of being irresponsible.
By Lokesh