55 – Travis Reinking

55 – Travis Reinking

4 people died and 2 were seriously injured when Travis Reinking shot up a Waffle House outside of Nashville, Tennessee in 2018. Reinking suffered from severe schizophrenia and law enforcement took his guns away prior to the incident. The father gave the guns back to his son a few months prior to the shooting.

4 people died and 2 were seriously injured when Travis Reinking shot up a Waffle House outside of Nashville, Tennessee in 2018. Reinking suffered from severe schizophrenia and law enforcement took his guns away prior to the incident. The father gave the guns back to his son a few months prior to the shooting.

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Show Sources:

Waffle House Shooting Suspect Sent Delusional Text Messages by NBC 5 Chicago

In tiny Illinois town, residents hesitate to acknowledge accused shooter as one of their own by LA Times

Man arrested in Waffle House shooting had displayed bizarre behavior in recent years, police say by LA Times

Waffle House Shooting Suspect Once Had His Guns Taken Away. He Got Them Back by NY Times

Waffle House trial day 1: Opening statements, first witnesses called in Travis Reinking’s murder case by The Tennessean

Waffle House shooting trial day 2: A Bible, a flashlight, silver bars and a loaded gun by The Tennessean

’I don’t know if I’m delusional or not’: Psychologist testifies Reinking has schizophrenia by The Tennessean

Waffle House shooting trial Day 4: DA reveals haunting jailhouse drawings by suspect by The Tennessean

Waffle House shooting trial day 5: Jury gets case of mass murder suspect Travis Reinking by The Tennessean

Reinking Charges by Scribd

Waffle House shooting suspect had displayed odd behavior but did not seem violent, former co-workers recall by WAPO

Waffle House shooting trial: Travis Reinking guilty on all counts by The Tennessean

911 Dispatchers: Send Police to the Right Waffle House, Please by FindLaw

FIREARM OWNERS IDENTIFICATION by Illinois State Police Firearms Services Bureau

Tazewell County dismissed from lawsuits against dad of accused Waffle House shooter by The Tennessean

Jeffrey Reinking, Travis Reinking’s Father: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know by Heavy dot com

Alcoa woman says Travis Reinking verbally assaulted family in February by WVLT 8

A history of red flags didn’t keep guns out of hands of Waffle House shooting suspect by The Tennessean

Waffle House Shooting Suspect Travis Reinking Has Been Arrested by Buzzfeed

The Very Latest on the Waffle House Shooting by Rolling Stone

Victims Of Waffle House Shooting by GoFundMe

The Obsessions of the Alleged Waffle House Shooter by Nashville Scene

Waffle Housing suspect Travis Reinking’s father in months before shooting: ‘We are getting concerned’ by The Tennessean

‘I’m so in love’ accused Waffle House shooter writes in letter to Oprah about Taylor Swift by Fox 17

The 29-year-old hero from Waffle House shooting: ‘I saw the opportunity and I took it’ by The Tennessean

Sharita Henderson v. Waffle House Inc. by Scholar Google

The Waffle House Shooting by Wiki

James Shaw Jr by Wiki

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