![]() ![]() ![]() He will be charged with murder and attempted murder, police said in a Facebook post. Samson was treated at a local hospital and released. Police had not determined the motive behind the shooting, but the spokesman said certain items were found that might establish why the man opened fire. "This is an exceptionally brave individual," Aaron said of the usher during a briefing outside the church in Antioch, about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of downtown Nashville. Although injured, the usher, 22-year-old Robert Engle, then retrieved a gun from his vehicle, re-entered the sanctuary and held the suspect at bay until police arrived. The suspect, identified as Emanuel Kidega Samson, 25, walked into Nashville's Burnette Chapel Church of Christ wearing a ski mask and opened fire shortly after 11 a.m., spokesman Don Aaron of the Metropolitan Nashville Police told reporters.Īs the church usher grappled with the suspect, he was struck in the head with the gunman's weapon before the suspect fired and wounded himself, police said. ![]() | (Photo: Metro Nashville Police Department/Handout via Reuters)Ī masked gunman killed a woman in the parking lot of a Tennessee church on Sunday morning and wounded six worshipers inside the building before shooting himself in a scuffle with an usher who rushed to stop the attack. By Reuters, Sunday, SeptemThe scene where people were injured when gunfire erupted at the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ, in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., September 24, 2017. ![]()
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