Someone opened fire in a Tennessee theater

[Veluren]

Live around the area, about 45 minutes from the theater and all the local news channels are going insane.

Here's what our CBS station has to say. Mind everything is still developing

Officials said they responded to a showing of Mad Max, where they began to clear the theater. A total of 20 people were on the property at the time.

An officer encountered the gunman who fired at the officer. The official returned fire.

Police confirmed the suspect was deceased at the theater, and officials added they believed the imminent threat was over. The suspect was shot by SWAT Team members. His identity had not been confirmed, but tenative reports showed he was a 51-year-old local white male.

Authorities said two women, ages 53 and 17, were doused in the face with pepper spray by the suspect. Emergency crews said they were treated and released.

The suspect also heavily sprayed chemicals inside the theater. Officials responded with gas masks.

Another victim, a 58-year-old male identified only as Steven, had a wound to his shoulder, which was possibly from the hatchet. He was treated for non-life threatening injuries. Steven also gave a brief statement thanking all of those who responded and helped out, as well as asking for the public to respect his family's privacy.

So, apparently what happened was that someone went into the Carmike Octoplex in Antioch, TN. The man was armed with an Axe, pepper spray, a gun, and potentially a bomb backpack.

He went into a theater playing Mad Max at about 1:13 and struck someone with his axe creating a superficial wound, then started spraying people in the seats with pepper spray. The first few victims ran out of the theater and got the aid of a police officer handling a crash across the street. The officer entered the theater which had been evacuated when the suspect opened fire. Officer returned fire then retreated.

About 1:50 central, he tried to sneak out the back and was confronted with swat, he raised his gun and opened fire and was promptly shot dead.

Scary stuff, especially since that's the theater my dad and step-siblings go to. Thankfully there are only four recorded injured, all superficial.

Last I heard about what's happening, they were getting ready to detonate his backpack because what they found was sketchy enough the bomb squad decided to play it safe.

The first officer's being heralded as a hero for going, him returning fire probably kept the shooter from moving on to another theater and potentially killing someone.

[Tradewind]

At least there's a lot of....witnesses.

[Varvara Spiros Gelashvili]

Can we get a link?

[PBitt]

Glad no one whose life mattered was killed or seriously hurt. I will never understand the need to hurt other people minding their own business.

[Theinquisition]

That sucks, I heard the guy was killed.

Also, inb4 anti-gun euros begin lecturing us.

[Veluren]

Can we get a link?

Here you go

He was apparently seen at the ice rink earlier and said something that people overheard that sounded off, they're going to be backtracking his steps to make sure he didn't leave anything harmful along the way.

All we know about him, 51 year old white male with red hair.

[Tmicrochip]

I've been to that theater several times. Scary stuff....

[Dug]

Movie theaters ought to start having metal detectors or something at this point.

And security guards

[Kraenen]

I had the image of someone opening a fireplace in a theater

[Grimbold21]

There has to come a point where these american shootings just don't warrant making threads

[Acidbaron]

in before "if only more people had guns they could gunned down the shooter!"

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That sucks, I heard the guy was killed.

Also, inb4 anti-gun euros begin lecturing us.

Someday you'll learn but you are not of age yet timmy boy!

[Varvara Spiros Gelashvili]

Another reason to never go to the movies again. I know this isn't very likely in my state and I find the movies to be a rip off so meh.

[Khalus]

And this is why I just stay home and pirate shit! Oh and watch stuff on Hulu/Netflix accounts...heh

[jackofwind]

Movie theaters ought to start having metal detectors or something at this point.

And security guards

Really, I'm surprised you're not calling people in this thread "pig worshippers" and wishing the assailant hadn't killed the officer who came to assist the victims. Or did you forget the vehemence with which you profess to hate police officers?

Wait, wait - maybe it was the officer himself who started hurting people in the theatre and then he forced someone to pretend to be the assailant so he could get away with it!

[Televators]

Another attempted mass shooting in the US? Must be Wednesday.

[apepi]

How many times will this fucking happen until something is done about it?

[PACOX]

White people, you need metal detectors are your movie theaters.

[Crissi]

Copy cat crime maybe?

[apepi]

Copy cat crime maybe?

Then there has been a shit ton of 'copy cats' then.

Crazy people in America are more a threat to us than ISIS will ever be.

[Sky High]

How many times will this fucking happen until something is done about it?

never, becasue we've reached a point to where we just shrug our shoulders when mass shootings happen. can't do anything about because otherwise we lose our freedum!