TENNESSEE — Four people were killed and at least four were wounded when a man armed with a rifle ‘randomly’ opened fire at a Nashville restaurant early Sunday.
Police say the gunman opened fire at 3:25 a.m. at the Waffle House, located at 3571 Murfreesboro Pike in the Antioch section of the city. He was nude, except wearing only a jacket.
As the crime unfolded, 29-year-old James Shaw Jr. wrestled the rifle away from the shooter, causing him to flee on foot. Shaw Jr. suffered a cut to his arm.
“I don’t really know, when everyone said that (of being a hero), it feels selfish,” Shaw Jr. told The Tennessean. “I was just trying to get myself out. I saw the opportunity and pretty much took it.”
“I remember I was like ‘Dang, I’m basically in a barrel,’ ” Shaw Jr. said. “There is no place for me to go.”
“When he came in, I distinctively remember thinking that he is going to have to work for this kill,” Shaw Jr. said. “I had a chance to stop him and thankfully I stopped him.”
He added: “I grabbed the gun and kept it down. He had one hand on it. I pulled it away and threw it over the bar.”
Shaw says he did not chase the suspect in fear he had another gun.
NEW VIDEO: Waffle House Shooting Hero James Shaw Jr. Describes Disarming Shooter – https://t.co/X4q8rpwAJU pic.twitter.com/6CD9mJEfzw
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“While I was in hospital, a girl that was there said you saved my life,” he said. “I didn’t do it to be hero.”
HERO: James Shaw Jr., 29, shows injuries he received when he stopped a gunman from continuing to fire in a Nashville Waffle House. 4 people were killed. – Tennessean pic.twitter.com/9souVEEt1N
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