Waffle House shooting leaves 4 dead, several injured; gunman sought

[ArcadiaGP]

shooter has been taken into custody

 

[KellyinAvon]

shooter has been taken into custody

That is good to hear

 

[1911ly]

They found him hiding in the woods. I am glad the guy is off the streets.

 

[d.kaufman]

Just seen article he was caught, but link says bad gateway that i was gonna post. Glad they got him

 

[Lars]

"It wasn't a process of thinking, it was a NOW, you have to do this NOW!" -- James Shaw Jr.


In Extreme Ownership Jocko Willink mentions "be violent" with regards to taking action. Don't beat around the bush hemming and hawing over your decision.

In his podcast two separate Fighter Pilot veterans mentioned instructors/mentors who said, "When the enemy is on your 6 and has a bead on you, do something, and do it violently."

 

[IndyTom]

History of delusions: UPDATE: Suspect in custody after 4 killed in Nashville Waffle House shooting | FOX59

Reinking said he wanted to meet with US President Donald Trump and told a Secret Service officer at the northeast entrance that he was a “sovereign citizen” who had a “right to inspect the grounds,” according to a Metropolitan Police Department incident report dated July 7, 2017.

 

[jedi]

are all waffle houses in tn gfz?

 

[HoughMade]

I haven't read all the articles. Any confirmation that the shooter was "Porky Piggin'" during the shooting?

...and as for Shaw, heroes seldom feel like heroes. They just do heroic things...which he did.

 

[Expat]

are all waffle houses in tn gfz?

Should be. Signs in TN have the force of law and Waffle House declared their stores off limits to guns in 2012.

 

[actaeon277]

Generally, I think saving your own life is not being a hero.

But, in this case, he saved others, so yes, to me he is a hero.
Intentions don't matter as much as action.

Especially, when the bullets are flying.

 

[actaeon277]

The mark on his arm.
From a bullet?
Or a scrape from the gun or something else?

 

[HoughMade]

The mark on his arm.
From a bullet?
Or a scrape from the gun or something else?

I think he said it was a graze, but it could have been from something sent flying by the bullets.

 

[chipbennett]

I think he said it was a graze, but it could have been from something sent flying by the bullets.

Barrel burn? How many shots were fired before it jammed? Not sure how hot the muzzle would get at a magazine-worth or fewer rounds, but the shape of the wound looks like it's a possibility.

(I am not a doctor, nor do I play one on TV nor on the internet, nor did I stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night...)

 

[Mark 1911]

The mark on his arm.
From a bullet?
Or a scrape from the gun or something else?

I read an article somewhere yesterday that said it was a bullet graze.

 

[HoughMade]

I did hear something about him burning his hands on the barrel, so it's plausible. My mistake may be trusting a reporter for anything.​

 

[actaeon277]

Guy getting in his car to come to work had to wrestle a pistol.
He lost.
Fortunate for him, the bad guy started running and threw his shot off.
Caught the coworker in the earlobe.
Talk about close.

 

[Dead Duck]

James Shaw Jr. said at the press conference that he burned his hand when he grabbed that naked guys hot barrel and his elbow was injured was from a bullet.

 

[actaeon277]

 

[jedi]

from npr news nice quote by shaw.

"I did that completely out of a selfish act. I was completely doing it just to save myself. Now, me doing that, I did save other people. But I don't want people to think that I was the Terminator, or Superman or anybody like that. It was just, I figured if I was going to die, he was going to have to work for it."

 

[jedi]

going to have to work for it. nice that is a fighting spirit right there