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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Waffle House Massacre leaves 4 dead, shooter claims he’s incompetent in self-arranged tv interview

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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True Crime, News

3.97.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2018

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Doctors who have examined Travis Reinking, the man accused of shooting 17 people, 4 fatally, at a Tennessee Waffle House in April, is too mentally unstable to stand trial. Prosecutors are asking a Nashville judge to decide if Reinking can be treated and stabilized so he can be tried. Nancy Grace looks at the case with Los Angeles defense lawyer Troy Slaten, Los Angeles psycho analyst Dr. Bethany Marshall, Southern California prosecutor Wendy Patrick, and Crime Stories reporter Pamela Furr. Forensics expert Joseph Scott Morgan, pathologist Dr. Michelle DuPre, and Crime Stories' Alan Duke also join Grace to discuss the case against a 16-year-old girl whole allegedly killed her 7-year-old nephew because he pestered her about playing a video game.

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0:00.0

Nancy Grace here for our partners at Azure Standard America's premier supplier of organic foods

0:06.6

and over 12,000 healthful products. Founded by organic pioneer and farmer David Stelser,

0:14.0

Azure's goal is to provide healthy, affordable food that's organic, non-GMO, and free of harmful

0:21.3

chemicals. Go to azurestandard.com. Membership is always free and it's so easy to get started.

0:29.5

Thank you, Azure Standard, for being our partner.

0:39.5

Crime stories with Nancy Grace on Sirius XM Triumph.

0:44.8

When we go celebrate, we take the twins to waffle house. It's a big deal. Waffles,

0:51.3

cheese eggs, grits, the works. We play the jukebox. Everybody has a great time. Not so this day in

1:01.0

Tennessee when bullets rang out. And now believe it or not, a stunning development in the waffle

1:10.8

house shooting case. I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. Thank you for being with us.

1:16.4

Remember this. A gunman who we fully believe to be Travis Reine King arrived in the waffle house

1:22.4

parking lot in a pickup truck at 3.19 a.m. He sat in that truck for three and a half to four minutes.

1:31.5

When he got out of the vehicle at about 3.23 a.m. he immediately used an assault type rifle to shoot

1:40.4

two individuals who were outside of the restaurant. They were fatally wounded. He then went inside

1:47.1

the restaurant, continued firing. One other person inside the restaurant was fatally wounded then.

1:55.5

An individual who was in the waffle house of patron when he heard the gunshots actually ran

2:01.3

back to the restroom area. He watched the gunman. He reported that he saw the gunman looking at his

2:08.7

rifle. At that point the shots had stopped. So he decided to rush the gunman actually wrestled

2:15.6

that assault rifle away tossed it over the counter. At that point, the gunman then fled. As he was in

2:22.6

the waffle house, he was wearing only a green jacket. No pants, no shirt, just a green jacket.

2:29.5

As he reached the corner of the street next to the waffle house, he shed the jacket.

2:35.6

That's natural police spokesperson Don Aaron speaking about a double murder at the local

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