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Wednesday 25 april 2018

Man who disarmed Waffle House shooter hailed by lawmakers

By SHEILA BURKE and JON-
ATHAN MATTISE
Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) —
The man who snatched
an AR-15 rifle away from a
gunman at a Nashville res-
taurant told Tennessee law-
makers Tuesday he faced
“the true test of a man,”
drawing a standing ova-
tion during his brief address.
As the House hailed him as
a hero, James Shaw Jr. said
he acted to save his own
life early Sunday at a Waf-
fle House, and saved others
in the process.
“I never thought I’d be in
a room with all the eyes
on me, but you know, I’m
very grateful to be here,”
Shaw told House members.
The 29-year-old said he has
since gone to see some of
the shooting victims in the
hospital and they all re-
membered him. He apolo-
gized to the people whose
loved ones died in the at-
tack. James Shaw Jr., waves to the crowd and legislators inside the Tennessee House chambers as he is honored for disarming a shooter
The Senate also honored inside a Nashville-area Waffle House at the Tennessee State House Tuesday April 24, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn.
Shaw on Tuesday. Associated Press
Meanwhile, the co-owner security facility in Nashville. wounded in the shooting. ment Lt. Carlos Lara told Salida, Colorado, police
of a Colorado crane com- Also on Tuesday, a Nash- Reinking escaped on foot reporters Reinking was ar- detective Reinking was in-
pany where Travis Reink- ville judge revoked the from the restaurant and rested Monday after de- fatuated with Taylor Swift
ing once worked says she shooting suspect’s bond. shed his only item of cloth- tectives were tipped to and claimed to be a sover-
urged federal officials to Court records show that a ing. By the time he was cap- the suspect’s presence by eign citizen.
keep Reinking in custody judge struck Reinking’s $2 tured in the woods nearby, some construction workers. Last July, Reinking was ar-
after he was arrested at the million bond until a hearing police had searched his He carried a black back- rested by the U.S. Secret
White House last July. can be held in May. apartment, and found the pack with a silver semi- Service after he entered
Darlene Sustrich said: “We An attorney listed as Reink- key fob to a stolen BMW automatic weapon and a restricted area near the
told them, ‘Hang onto him ing’s lawyer did not imme- they had recovered in the .45-caliber ammunition. White House and refused
if you can. Help him if you diately respond to an email parking lot days earlier. The The arrest ended a 24-hour to leave, saying he wanted
can.’” seeking comment. BMW theft had not initially manhunt involving more to meet President Donald
Federal officials did not im- Reinking has been charged been tied to Reinking. than 160 law enforcement Trump.
mediately respond to a re- with four counts of criminal Police seized multiple items officers, but it left troubling The suspect told Washing-
quest for comment. homicide. And a tweet from his apartment includ- unanswered questions ton, D.C., police he was
Davidson County Sheriff from the Metro Nashville ing: a Remington rifle with about official responses to a sovereign citizen and
Daron Hall said Tuesday Police Department said he a magazine, cartridges for months of bizarre behavior had a right to inspect the
that Reinking, 29, has been also faces four counts of at- different calibers of guns, before the restaurant at- grounds, according to an
“compliant” and “coop- tempted murder and one two rifle scopes and gun tack, including encounters incident report.
erative” since he was trans- count of unlawful posses- cleaning equipment. Po- with police in Illinois and Reinking was not armed at
ferred to the jail late Mon- sion in the commission of a lice also found three books Colorado and an arrest at the time, but at the FBI’s re-
day after he was captured violent felony. on patents in the apart- the White House that raised quest, Illinois police revoked
near the apartment where Police say he opened fire ment, along with a sketch- red flags. his state firearms card. Four
he lived. Reinking is wear- outside the Waffle House book, two iPhones and a Darlene Sustrich, Reinking’s guns, including the AR-15
ing a vest known informally with an AR-15 rifle and then number of pieces of com- former boss, described him used in the shootings, were
as a “suicide smock” and stormed the restaurant, puter equipment, court re- as appearing paranoid transferred to his father, a
will remain under close ob- wearing only a green jack- cords show. and delusional at times. procedure allowed under
servation at a maximum- et. Four other people were Nashville Police Depart- A former co-worker told a Illinois law.q