Waffle House suspect's relatives say they're 'heartbroken'

An attendee of the Vigil for Antioch held by Chattanooga Students Leading Change shields her candle from the breeze Sunday, April 29, 2018 at the Renaissance Park pavilion in Chattanooga, Tenn. The vigil was held to remember the four victims of the mass shooting at a Waffle House in Nashville, Tenn., a week ago.
An attendee of the Vigil for Antioch held by Chattanooga Students Leading Change shields her candle from the breeze Sunday, April 29, 2018 at the Renaissance Park pavilion in Chattanooga, Tenn. The vigil was held to remember the four victims of the mass shooting at a Waffle House in Nashville, Tenn., a week ago.

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - Family members of a man charged in a deadly shooting at a Tennessee Waffle House restaurant say they are "heartbroken and devastated at the loss of life and injury."

Travis Reinking's family issued the statement Tuesday through Peoria, Illinois, attorney Joel Brown. Reinking faces multiple criminal charges, including criminal homicide, in the April 22 that left four people dead. The (Peoria) Journal Star reports the 29-year-old's relatives in rural Morton, Illinois, say they're praying for the victims and their families and "for healing and peace."

The Reinkings also say they "anticipate that greater clarity will be revealed about the events leading up to this incident." Brown said the family had no additional comment for now.

Reinking was arrested a day after the shooting near his Nashville apartment.

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