We were at a gun show when word broke of this terrible shooting. Like everyone else, we were disheartened. Very quickly, the conversation started on what kind of evil people do this. It was Tennessee, after all. My first thought was to check the map. Nashville is a 487 county and as the story unfolded about how folks had to go to their car to get their guns, I understood. 487 is harmful to life.
Police have identified the gunman who shot a woman dead and injured six other churchgoers after he opened fire Sunday morning at a Tennessee church as services were ending.
The shooting at Burnett’s Chapel Church of Christ in Antioch, Tennessee, started in the church’s parking lot, according to police and the Nashville Fire Department. Nashville Metro police spokesman Don Aaron said emergency calls came in around 11:15 a.m. as services were letting out.
The gunman, identified by police as 25-year-old Emanual Kidega Samson, arrived in the parking lot and first fatally fired at 39-year-old Melanie Smith, who was walking to her car, police said. Samson was wearing a neoprene half-mask and drove an SUV, Aaron said. Read more here.