USA Today reports:
A jury on Friday night found Travis Reinking guilty of first-degree murder in the deaths of four people at a Tennessee Waffle House in 2018, thwarting an attempted insanity defense and marking a dramatic conclusion to one of the city’s most high-profile criminal trials. The jury deliberated for nearly five hours. Reinking, 33, faced multiple murder charges in the April 22, 2018, early morning shooting at the Waffle House in Antioch that killed four and maimed several others.
Law & Crime reports:
Reinking stormed the restaurant on April 22, 2018, killing Joe Perez Jr., 20, Taurean C. Sanderlin, 29, DeEbony Groves, 21, and Akilah Dasilva, 23. The defense maintained that he was there to kill people he believed worked for the FBI and CIA—and that he thought God told him to be naked except for a green, waist-length jacket. Bystander James Shaw Jr. found an opening, grappled with Reinking, yanked the AR-15 rifle from his hands, and threw it over the counter.
?BREAKING: Waffle House shooter Travis Reinking GUILTY on all 16 charges. pic.twitter.com/NCWEqJAwyZ
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) February 4, 2022
BREAKING: A man who shot and killed four people at a Nashville Waffle House in an early morning attack in 2018 has been found guilty on four counts of 1st-degree murder. Travis Reinking had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. https://t.co/t2Z5tUty7q
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 4, 2022