NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) A gunman shot and wounded three people at a Tennessee business Tuesday and was later tracked down and fatally shot by police after he refused to drop his weapon, authorities said.
An early morning workplace shooting by an employee at a SmileDirectClub facility near Nashville, Tennessee, has left three employees wounded and the alleged shooter dead.
‘given the vantage point represented by her video.’
SmileDirectClub, which manufactures a home teeth straightening system, released a statement, saying it was ‘saddened’ by the shooting and was cooperating with the investigation.
#VIDEO: “He just asked everybody ‘why are you running? why are you running?’ He just started opening fire, spraying it, the whole building.” Employee describes workplace shooting at Smile Direct Club warehouse on Antioch Pike. https://t.co/7LYKEzNYRLpic.twitter.com/e75G9qdi7W
King used a .45 caliber semi-automatic handgun and apparently had multiple clips in a sling pack he carried, police said.
Police said King, who worked the day shift at the warehouse, had been working there since June but had previously worked at the facility from late 2019 to early 2020.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) â A gunman shot and wounded three people at a Tennessee business Tuesday and was later tracked down and fatally shot by police after he refused to drop his weapon, authorities said.
The shooting happened at a Smile Direct Club manufacturing facility in Nashville. The suspect had left before officers arrived, but they spotted him at a nearby intersection carrying a semi-automatic pistol with an extended magazine, Nashville police spokesman Don Aaron told news outlets. The suspect was fatally shot after refusing orders to drop his weapon and then directing it at officers, Aaron said.
Police said the suspect was a 22-year-old man who started working at the business in June. His motive for opening fire during a shift change was under investigation, Aaron said. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation identified the man as Antonio D. King.
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