<Tr> <Th> Suspected perpetrator </Th> <Td> Travis Jeffrey Reinking </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Defenders </Th> <Td> James Shaw Jr . </Td> </Tr> <P> On April 22, 2018, a mass shooting occurred at a Waffle House restaurant in the Antioch neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee, United States . Four victims were killed and two suffered gunshot wounds . Two others were injured by broken glass . The shooter, armed with a semi-automatic rifle, was rushed by an unarmed customer, James Shaw Jr., who wrestled the weapon away, interrupting the shooting spree . The suspect was captured on April 23, ending a 34 - hour manhunt . </P> <P> The gunman was partially naked when the shooting occurred, wearing only a green jacket . After sitting in a pickup truck in the parking lot for approximately four minutes, he came out holding an AR - 15 - style rifle and fatally shot two people outside the Waffle House . He went inside the restaurant and continued to fire, killing a third person and fatally injuring a fourth, who died at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, with four others treated for related injuries . One customer, 29 - year - old James Shaw Jr., who suffered a bullet graze wound, hid near the restaurant's bathrooms, rushed the shooter, and wrestled the rifle away . The gunman fled on foot, leaving behind his rifle and ammunition . </P>

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