Nashville, TN – Police: Tennessee Movie Theater Assailant Was Armed With Pellet Gun

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    Police gather outside a movie theater at the scene of a reported shooting, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015,  Nashville, Tenn. A suspect wielding a hatchet and a gun inside a Nashville-area movie theater died after exchanging gunshots with a police team that stormed the theater, police said. (George Walker IV /The Tennessean via AP) Nashville, TN – Metro Nashville police are now saying that the man who waged an attack inside a movie theater was armed with a pellet gun. Police spokesman Don Aaron gave the information to The Associated Press moments before police were scheduled to hold a briefing with the latest developments on the attack.

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    Earlier Wednesday, authorities had said the unidentified assailant was armed with a regular gun and had exchanged fire with a police officer before being shot dead by a SWAT team.


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