You think . I thought it was a heart attack, i thought somebody had a heart attack. I thought somebody had a heart atta attack. I cant do this. Im feeling really sick. Can you tell us when you saw him stop, what happened . Oh, man. I stopped, he was going, he was going on i was shaking, i couldnt deal with this, he kept going people were getting hit, one after the other. I saw people getting hit one by one. Where did you see him climb the sidewalk . Right on the sidewalk. Where did he get on the sidewalk . He started from around here. Its the first one, started over there. Oh, my god, wow i cant do this any more, im sorry. Thank you so much for that. Ali was about 100 meters away. This is incredibly difficult to listen to these different eyewitnesss, describe what has amounted to a gruesome scene in toronto. Careening down the sidewalk. Were going to come back to this in a moment. That waffle house suspect is in custody. Theyre about to brief the press on how they got him. At 1 07 this afternoon, Travis Reinking was taken into custody in a wooded area near here by members of the Police DepartmentSpecialized Investigations DivisionNarcotics Unit. He was taken to the South Precinct where he requested a lawyer and refused to make a
statement. Reinking has been taken to General Hospital to be checked out and will be taken to the Nashville Jail where he will be booked on four counts of criminal homicide. The Apprehension Team consisted of members from the Police DepartmentSpecialized Investigations Divisions, Narcotics Unit. Almost all of those persons are under cover, their supervisor is lieutenant carlos laura, laura was at the apprehension scene, hell describe to you what happened, after lieutenant laura speaks, well hear from the mayor and Chief Anderson, and take your questions after everyone has spoken. Lieutenant laura . Good afternoon. I want to start off by saying, great job by everyone. All the different units and agencies that assisted. This all began today, we had our Narcotics Unit working, doing, finding any calls on suspected identification of this person
dispatcher megan barr, were contacting me directly. And our steam was in charge of investigating any of these sightings. We had a call for 5,000 Mountain Springs drive, and what the call was, there was a person who was matching the description of the suspect, going through a Construction Site into the wooded area. Our detectives, all three of our units, the Narcotics Unit all responded to the scene. When they got to the scene, there were several workers from the tva that were pointing to us saying, the person went through the woods, the detectives as well as the sergeants all went up to the wooded area and saw a pathway in the woods. They started to walk the path and as they went through the wooded area, they spread out
some went one direction, some went another. As he was walking forward, the suspect turned around and Detective Williams saw his face and realized that is the suspect we were looking for. He drew down on the suspect. The suspect proned out, he told him to get on the ground. He did immediately. Other detectives came and assisted, put him into custody. At that Point Detectives went and cut off he had a backpack on. The description we received was a maroon shirt, dark jeans and a backpack. Once he was in custody, the detectives cut the backpack off of him. They saw a silver weapon with ammunition, a flashlight and a holster on his person. He had a wallet, with a colorado i. D. With his information on there, which is how we were able to identify him. Mayor bradley . Good afternoon. First id like to say thanks to the community to the citizens of nashville, a tip from the community is what led to the arrest today and are their being vigilant was an important part of what happened today. Id like to thank the metropolitan Police Department and Chief Anderson for all their work over the last 36 hours, theyve been relentless in searching for the shooter. And the conditions have been quite bad for the last 36 hours, it was tough work, and i want to thank them personally on behalf of all the citizens of nashville that they did. Yesterday was a horrible day for the city of nashville. It brought home a real tragedy to this community. Today is the day where we can start to move on as the community. I hope, but i hope everybody will share a commitment that i have to help the families who have lost their loved ones and who are still suffering in the hospital right now. Were going to ahave to gather around them and lift them up over the coming weeks. Obviously a tragedy put an end to part of it today. And we need to move on as a community and do what we can to curb this violence in the future. Chief steve anderson. Certainly this apprehension was the result of team work. Throughout the metropolitan nashville Police Department. Almost all of our components were involved, s. W. A. T. Team, canine flight, on and on. We had the majority of our
detectives out here in undercover cars. Its a Team Work Effort in terms of our support from our federal and state partners. We had the team of State Troopers out here. The fbi had an enormous amount of resources, they started several teams from washington to assist us in this search. The atf and the Secret Service likewise. And its a community effort, this would not have been accomplished without the cooperation of the community, and it was a citizens tip that led to this apprehension. And the businesses that have supported us bringing food out here to feed the officers who were out there in the rain, cold and dark. So i applaud everybody thats been involved. And again, it was a team effort that made this possible. Mr. Gavin or commissioner,
assistants Special Agent in charge, Matt Espinshade from the fbi. Id just like to thank all the entities involved for this. It was great team work, im glad we came to a quick resolution, theres a challenge we have in front of us, that is to not forget the victims we take very seriously, our victim witness services. Those will come into effect at this point. Providing Counseling Services to those who were hurt and the families who live on. So thank you for your time. David perky, commissioner of safety and Homeland Security for the state of tennessee. I was telling the chief before we walked up here, justice is relentless when it involves the partnerships that we have on the
federal, state and local level. I understand what it takes to for justice to prevail. You have seen that today. Congratulations to all of our partners, this is a good day. Thank you. Special agent in charge from the atf . Law enforcement partners came together, we were determined to be relentless, to bring this young man to justice, we worked well today, and today is a day we can heel as a community. Thank you for your support. Questions, please say who you want to ask the question of. Lets go back to the moment of capture. Did he have anything to say . I was not at the location. I was getting information relayed. Miscommunication at one point opinion from what i understand as soon as the detectives saw him, there was really no communication other than the Detective Drawing down on him and he got on the ground and proned out and was taken into custody. Did he try to resist in. Not at all, sir. Did he make any statement . Not that i know, sir. I wasnt there, i cannot say. I have not received any news or any word that he made any statements at all. That location is about two miles away, would you say . Do you have any idea how he spent the last 36 hours . A lot of that information is information i cant answer, because we dont know. We believe that hes possibly stayed in that same area, but again 5,000 Mountain Springs is not far from here. Its behind where he lived. He was able to get some material, was he not . Yes, when he was caught, he had a maroon shirt, dark jeans and a black backpack with a semiautomatic weapon, flashlight, holster and some 45 cal ammunition, and thats all we have at this point. [ inaudible ] im sorry . Originally there were two guns that were reported missing yesterday, one of the guns you found on him. Where is the fourth gun located . I have no idea. The Silver Kimbra Which was missing was on his person, any other weapons, im not the person that would have that information unfortunately. A reminder yes, sir. How much time passed from the time [ inaudible ] as soon as the dispatcher much i wasnt sure simmons contacted me on the phone. And our detectives assisted on another location. We pulled them due to the fact that this location was behind an elementary school. We wanted to make sure it was a priority. We pulled some of our detectives, three of our sergeants and all of our detectives went to that point. 10 minutes tops between the time we received it and guys were dispatched out there. How concerned are you, that Travis Reinking was able to slip through the cracks. Are you stating from the time yesterday of the shooting or now . How concerned are you that he has a past Mental Health history, and has had many run ins with Law Enforcement and the fbi . I can tell you from our perspective, after the incident at the white house and the assessment that happened in the Springfield Office that every federal resource was brought to bear, and that we were able to effectively neutralize what we felt was the threat at the time by ensuring that he did not have the ability to purchase or own weapons. And that those weapons were taken. How was he able to get that gun back . That id have to refer you to the Illinois State police or the Sheriffs Office in illinois. We are investigating all the possibilities to any groups, right now we have no information to provide on that. I cant make that assessment,
its a tragic thing. He was not able to possess or own those weapons, so on its face, yes. Has his father given a reason for why . I havent heard that . Are there any gun laws that the father may have violate zmd. I would refer that over to atf. All right. Is it possible that his father could be subject to gun laws. Could his father have violated gun laws. It is possible, if you transfer weapons to a person that is knowingly prohibited. That could be a violation of federal law. Is the father do you know why i gave him the guns . I cant sneak to that at this point. Is he under investigation . All federal partners are looking at him. Co face charges . He potentially could, yes, sir. Zbrm his guns were taken away, should he have had weapons . He should not have had weapons, correct. In tennessee. He was legally stripped of his ability to purchase or possess weapons . That goes back to the fbi they control the nix system, not the atf. Do you have an idea how this man was able to survive and escape infraction. What do you think he was able to do . I dont know. We dont have that information, i Wasnt Involved In a lot of the planning, and a lot of the search, i had a specific job. Theres a lot of things that we have to take into account that i dont know of, all i know is that when we caught him, he was at 5,000 Mountain Springs in that area. Theres a good chance he had
been there since this occurred. Thats information i just cant give you. What is i was not able to be over there, but he looked like, again, he looked like he was tired, from what i was told. Would he give up . Had you also sent that specific area in those woods, i dont believe, at least during the time i was working and our guys were there, we didnt check that area that i know of, i know that today was the first time we had that call to that wooded area. Behind that Construction Site. Thats where he lived, right . You want to refer to the other investigators involved. Thats something i Wasnt Involved In, so you didnt necessarily canvas the area where he was apprehended, but that is the area right behind his compartment complex. Are there any concerns to the residents there. I was not personally, and noon of my unit was involved that i know of. I know there were several units and agencies involved in assisting. I know that at one point we were hearing that every apartment complex out here doors were being knocked on and areas were being searched. I know again, that area, when this tip came, in as soon as it came in, we responded to make sure we were able to verify if the tip was accurate or not. Are you confident he was acting alone . I dont have that information, again, youre going to have to refer to somebody else. Did he run from were they able to how far back was he . Did he try running . From what i was told, from the detectives that apprehended him, he did not try to run, as soon as the Detective Saw him, he pulled out his weapon and told him to get on the ground. He got on the ground, proned out. Other detectives went helped cuff him, search him, they found in his back pocket, his i. D. And they cut off his backpack and
found the weapon in there. Last question. It appears that Law Enforcement is pulling out bags of evidence. Can you talk about at all, what they are gathering . I dont know. That is something you may want to refer to, mr. Aaron. Well talk about that when the article searches are done in the woods. Let me say, this air, as you all know was the subject of extensive searching yesterday. Thats where the last sighting was around 8 30 sunday morning. There were police dogs, officers, that area was widely searched on yesterday. How long he had been there, where you know, the report from the citizen initially yesterday was, he was shirtless, today hes wearing a red shirt. We have a myriad of questions for him. As i said at the beginning, when he arrives at the South Precinct asked for a lawyer and refused
to answer any questions. Thank you all. All right, so we wanted to hear that entire thing as were getting a little more information as far as how police, fbi, atf ultimately came together, and it sounds like it was police apprehending the man who is now accuse d of four counts of homicide. Came from a call within the community. A tip let them to this wooded area, right around where the suspect lives. And also all kinds of questions with regard to why he had guns in the first place, given his incident in the past with the white house. And the fact that authorityies took his guns away and the man shouldnt have had a single gun. Is his father possibly in trouble . You heard the atf agent say yes. Matthew, let me start with you, when you heard the details of how this call came in, they go to this Construction Site, they go on this Path In The Woods and find him, hes got this backpack, he has a weapon, and hes clothed, what are your questions after hearing those details. I mean, the questions i wonder, where he came from, how did he get there, was he there at the time. He said they searched this area extensively yesterday, they didnt find him, all of a sudden hes there today. Did somebody help him get there . How did he get there, that is the biggest question on my mind. What was the motive for why he did this from the very beginning. Thats what i want to know, how did he get there, and the fact that we do know he didnt resist at all, he gave up, so i i mean, that fell in line with it, bottom line, its where was he yesterday . Was he in this area and we just
overlooked him . Art, to you on the second point on the guns, there had been in this young mans past, the incident at the white house, where he had been arrested. His guns were taken away, he couldnt purchase guns, we talk about incidents like this, where all the right steps were followed. And yet i presume the guns were somehow handed over to his father who handed them over to him and we know how the rest of the story plays out. Should his father be in trouble . Yeah, and i think theyre going to have to sort this out in illinois and tennessee. We heard the Agents Assessment of that more than likely he will be in trouble. Its again federal law to transfer firearms to an individual whos not supposed to have them, in this particular case, his right to possess firearms in illinois was revoked, and im fairly sure he didnt have the right to possess firearms in tennessee, although
possession of long weapons, long rifles is not a violation of the law, but the handgun probably is. So it sounds like he got back to his apartment, we had the sighting at 8 30 in the morning, he probably packed that backpack, took the last handgun that he had, maybe stuffed the red shirt in the backpack along with a flashlight and headed out to the woods. And thats the sighting we have. The big question is, where did he but his head down for the evening if that was searches so heavily. Were going to talk to the brother of one of the victims. I want to make sure we focus on those lives lost. Let me pivot to the ear breaking story out of toronto. Where we now know that police have been questioning the driver behind the wheel of this white
van, who basically mooed people down for as long as a mile. This is north of toronto, right around 1 30 their time. Details as far as the extent of the injuries, we heard groos open details from some of these eyewitnesss. Jason carol i know has been working the story for us. Hearin