Local media are reporting that police are responding to an active shooting at the Carmike 8 Cinemas in Antioch, Tenn.
#BREAKING Police responding to active shooter call at Carmike 8 Cinemas on Bell Road in Antioch. http://t.co/KMe2WIpRZm
— WSMV News4 Nashville (@WSMV) August 5, 2015
#BREAKING Confirmed: Active shooter situation at Carmike 8 in Antioch http://t.co/FNweO2gkOi
— Tennessean (@Tennessean) August 5, 2015
Metro. Nashville Police Department: A call went out as a person with a weapon at 1:13 pm; units responding to Carmike Hickory 8 Theater
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) August 5, 2015
BREAKING: Active shooter reported at Carmike theater in Anticoch, TN http://t.co/UgnSDEiRyP http://t.co/2Qi8NETXjm
— WRCB-TV (@WRCB) August 5, 2015
SHOTS FIRED: Fire department confirms shots currently being fired at theater.
— WSMV News4 Nashville (@WSMV) August 5, 2015
Scene at Carmike Hickory 8 movie theatre in Antioch. Police and medics continue to arrive #wsmv http://t.co/rnA6atmd5u
— Heather Hourigan (@wsmvheather) August 5, 2015
WSMV: Witnesses report at least one person covered with blood; 3 EMS units sent to scene. https://t.co/ELVKwx7gi5
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) August 5, 2015
A woman working near the building says she heard gunshots outside the building.
MORE via @WKRN: An employee working near the theater told our ABC affiliate she heard shots fired outside building. http://t.co/zwtQfRI8Rb
— Diedra Rodriguez (@deerodriguez) August 5, 2015
A nearby ice rink was placed on lockdown.
Confirmed: @FordIceCenter on lockdown. Heavy police presence outside Carmike 8 in Antioch. @NC5
— Todd Walker (@ToddWalker__) August 5, 2015
Update: Police are reporting that the shooter is dead inside the movie theater.
Active shooter situation @ Hickory 8 Theater — suspect dead
— Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) August 5, 2015
Nashville Police: Movie theater suspect is DEAD. https://t.co/i7xvCfvVla
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) August 5, 2015
The gunman's identity has not been released.
— WKRN (@WKRN) August 5, 2015
#BREAKING: Suspected shooter dead after shots fired at Antioch movie theater http://t.co/8uCBn4ElDu http://t.co/LSxzVur7Bw
— WKRN (@WKRN) August 5, 2015
Witnesses say they heard “a lot” of shots, and reporters are saying the shooter had a hatchet with him as well, which he used to get into the back door of the theater.
Tennessee theater shooter entered during Mad Max showing, police say. Say he had two backpacks and a hatchet-Killed after shooting at police
— Russ Ptacek ? (@RussPtacek) August 5, 2015
#Breaking: Active shooter in #Tennessee theater armed w/ gun and hatchet is dead #CNN http://t.co/yiqiE7ZpD9
— Brooke Baldwin (@BrookeBCNN) August 5, 2015
Dan Linden is an NBC News producer.
Police: Gunman was inside a screening of 'Mad Max'; police and SWAT engaged the gunman, who is dead http://t.co/bblA18Ewrc
— Dan Linden (@DanLinden) August 5, 2015
Police: Gunman was armed with a gun and hatchet and had two backpacks; police working to clear the bags now http://t.co/D9Db1rIrqy
— Dan Linden (@DanLinden) August 5, 2015
Police: One person may have been injured by hatchet, not yet clear http://t.co/MkmJDc9y2e
— Dan Linden (@DanLinden) August 5, 2015
PD: Gunman went into the theater playing 'Mad Max' and opened fire, at one point firing at a police officer, who returned fire
— Dan Linden (@DanLinden) August 5, 2015
Natalie Neysa Alund is a breaking news reporter for the Tennessean.
Dozens of armed police, ATF on scene here at the active shooter scene at the movie theater. @Tennessean pic.twitter.com/r1LgWSxZU6
— Natalie Neysa Alund (@nataliealund) August 5, 2015
Witnesses saying someone had an axe and someone had a gun that was fired multiple times #nashvilletheatershooting pic.twitter.com/mbQTuwrXzh
— Natalie Neysa Alund (@nataliealund) August 5, 2015
Suspect was inside a showing of Mad Max when the melee broke out. Responding officers fatally shot him inside the theater. @Tennessean
— Natalie Neysa Alund (@nataliealund) August 5, 2015
Police just escorted a limping elderly man away from an ambulance. Cops still outside theater armed with shotguns #nashvilletheatershooting
— Natalie Neysa Alund (@nataliealund) August 5, 2015
As of now, the biggest concern of authorities seems to be what might be in the shooter’s backpacks. Injuries seem limited to three people hit by a pepper spray explosion and a “superficial wound,” possibly from the hatchet.
Metro fire spokesman addressing media in rain, says so far they've only treated three patients for pepper spray. http://t.co/5oVsFIxbSm
— Natalie Neysa Alund (@nataliealund) August 5, 2015
One of the three people injured with pepper spray also suffered a superfluous injury to their arm. No one has been transported. @Tennessean
— Natalie Neysa Alund (@nataliealund) August 5, 2015
BREAKING: Fire department: 3 treated at theater for pepper spray exposure; 1 had possible hatchet wound.
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 5, 2015
WATCH: Viewer video obtained by @NC5_CLangley. You can hear multiple shots fired. #Nashville http://t.co/eOTHklkRPG
— Diedra Rodriguez (@deerodriguez) August 5, 2015
Raneshia and Ravyn Morgan both heard gunfire while sitting in their car at the nearby McDonalds.
— Holly Meyer (@HollyAMeyer) August 5, 2015
'It sounded scary because it was back to back. It kept coming,' said Raneshia Morgan, who was at nearby McDonalds with her sister.
— Holly Meyer (@HollyAMeyer) August 5, 2015
And now, knowing how it ended, we’re beginning to learn how it all started.
#Metro: Two police officers were working a crash off Bell Road when someone ran to them and said some one was in theater with axe and gun
— Natalie Neysa Alund (@nataliealund) August 5, 2015
Police update on theater shooting: Police nearby were flagged down and ran to the scene http://t.co/RD9VeUIeiw
— Dan Linden (@DanLinden) August 5, 2015
Officers flew into he theater where the gunman released pepper spray. He's been ID'd as a 51-year-old local man per @MNPDNashville
— Natalie Neysa Alund (@nataliealund) August 5, 2015
Police: At least 1 man injured with hatchet, 2 women blasted with pepper spray by suspect http://t.co/PdjVc2I9k6
— Dan Linden (@DanLinden) August 5, 2015
Police: Suspect tentatively ID’d as a 51-year-old local man http://t.co/2mDXraaJ2M
— Dan Linden (@DanLinden) August 5, 2015
He wore a surgical mask and backpack on the front of his chest. Hazmat still working on materials he had including a gun and axe in theater
— Natalie Neysa Alund (@nataliealund) August 5, 2015
Police: The only person who was shot was the suspect as he emerged out the rear door of the movie theater http://t.co/ioxlbYio2Q
— Dan Linden (@DanLinden) August 5, 2015
He was shot by police as he attempted to leave the theater. Witnesses in the theater have been take to undisclosed place to be interviewed.
— Natalie Neysa Alund (@nataliealund) August 5, 2015
Editor’s note: This is a breaking news story. Twitchy will update the post as details emerge.
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