NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – A masked gunman entered a church in Tennessee on Sunday and opened fire, killing at least one person and injuring seven others before apparently shooting himself, an official said.
Don Aaron, spokesman for the Metro Nashville Police Department, said the gunman arrived at the parking lot in a blue vehicle as services were ending at the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ in the neighborhood of Antioch.
Aaron said the suspect – wearing a half mask – fatally shot a woman who was walking to her vehicle, then entered the rear of the church, and shot six people.
Aaron says an usher at the church confronted the gunman and then was pistol-whipped. During an altercation, the gunman shot himself.
Aaron said it was unclear whether the self-inflicted wound was intentional.