On April 22, 2018, a mass shooting occurred at a Waffle House restaurant in the Antioch neighborhood[1] of Nashville, Tennessee, United States, when 29-year-old Travis Jeffrey Reinking fatally shot four people and injured two others with an AR-15 style rifle.

[7] Reinking was rushed by an unarmed customer, James Shaw Jr., who wrestled the rifle away and stopped the shooting spree.

[8][9][4] Due to severe schizophrenia, Reinking was initially found incompetent to stand trial and committed to a mental hospital for treatment.

After sitting in a pickup truck in the parking lot for approximately four minutes, he came out holding an AR-15-style rifle[1][2][12] and fatally shot two people outside the Waffle House.

He went inside the restaurant and continued to fire, killing a third person and fatally injuring a fourth, who died at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center,[13] with four others treated for related injuries.

One customer, 29-year-old James Shaw Jr., who suffered a bullet graze wound,[14] hid near the restaurant's bathrooms, rushed the shooter, and wrestled the rifle away.

He worked as a crane operator for another company, but quit his job in March 2017 because he believed police were following him, and that his "last chance" to marry Taylor Swift was soon approaching.

[18] In July 2017, the U.S. Secret Service arrested Reinking near the White House after he crossed a barrier and refused to leave.

[16][21] The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation added him to its "most wanted" list and offered a reward for information leading to his arrest.

[25] Reinking was captured the next day, about 34 hours after the shooting, after a construction worker reported him entering a wooded area close to the Waffle House.

[34] Shortly after the shooting, Nashville Mayor David Briley said, "It's a tragic day for our city anytime people lose their lives at the hands of a gunman.

"[35] Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam said he was "deeply saddened by the tragic incident in Antioch early this morning, and we mourn the lives taken in this senseless act of violence".