US authorities capture Tennessee shooting suspect – Punch Newspapers

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Tennessee police captured Monday the man suspected of gunning down four people at a restaurant in Nashville, America’s country music capital.

Travis Reinking — who exhibited “mental instability” and was arrested last year for trying to enter the White House grounds — was captured in the early afternoon after a more than 24-hour manhunt.

“A tip from the community is what led to the arrest,” Nashville Mayor David Briley told a news conference.

The 29-year-old was to face four counts of criminal homicide charges for Sunday’s pre-dawn shooting that also wounded two people.

He was captured without incident at a wooded area near his home, refused to speak with authorities and asked for a lawyer, police said, adding that they found a semi-automatic weapon and ammunition in a backpack he was carrying.

After his arrest, police posted photos of Reinking in the back of a…



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