Courtesy of The Tennessean:
Metro police say a suspect who opened fire in a Antioch theater this afternoon also had a hatchet and may have injured one person with the hatchet.
Police said about 2:20 p.m. they were examining two backpacks, one on the suspect and one left in the theater, to make sure they are not dangerous. Police spokesman Don Aaron said officers entered the theater showing Mad Max through the projection room and engaged the suspect in gunfire.
"The officer started at the projection room and started clearing down," Aaron said. "He encountered the gunman. The gunman opened fire on the South Precinct officer. That officer returned his fire, and then backed away out of the theater."
The SWAT team responded and confronted the suspect, Aaron said.
"There was gunfire and the gunman is deceased just inside the movie theater," he said. "So we believe the imminent threat has been ended."
There are reports coming out right now that there were three people injured by pepper spray, one of them also struck with a hatchet. None were shot.
As of now there seem to be no other injuries, and no deaths except for that of the assailant himself.
Probably could not have asked for a better outcome.
Breaking news: Another theater shooting, this time in Tennessee.
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