“God Made Me Do It” Mass Shooter Found Guilty

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.