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Official says at least 6 hurt in Tennessee church shooting (1 dead)
Fox News ^ | Sept. 24, 2017

Posted on 09/24/2017 10:59:03 AM PDT by Hadean

NASHVILLE, Tenn. –  Authorities in Tennessee say at least six people were injured in a shooting at a church in the Nashville area.

Nashville fire department spokesman Joseph Pleasant tells the Tennessean newspaper that at least six to eight people were hurt and were being transported to Vanderbilt Medical Center. The nature of the injuries weren't immediately known.

A dispatcher quoted by the newspaper said that the scene was still "active" at the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ as of 11:40 a.m. Sunday.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: antioch; churchshooting; emanuelkidegasamson; shooting; tennessee
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To: Campion

The story I read is that an unarmed usher confronted the gunman and pistol whipped him. In the struggle, the gunman shot himself, but not critically. The usher then ran to his vehicle and got his pistol and disarmed the gunman and held him at gunpoint until the police arrived.


21 posted on 09/24/2017 1:20:08 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Conservatives love America for what it is. Liberals hate America for the same reason.)
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To: AppyPappy

From what I’ve seen, they are mostly white but have minority members who are welcomed openly.


22 posted on 09/24/2017 1:22:05 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Conservatives love America for what it is. Liberals hate America for the same reason.)
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To: Hadean

This not far from my church. It is a small country church tucked out of the way in the extreme southeast part of Davidson County.


23 posted on 09/24/2017 1:24:19 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Conservatives love America for what it is. Liberals hate America for the same reason.)
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To: Hadean

Police have identified the shooter as 26 year old Emanuel Sampson of Murfreesboro. Murfreesboro isn’t that big and his name is unusual. This may be him: https://www.facebook.com/E.to.da.Man


24 posted on 09/24/2017 1:38:50 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Conservatives love America for what it is. Liberals hate America for the same reason.)
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To: Engraved-on-His-hands

I apologize profusely if I am feeding untrue information, but second hand sources indicate that the shooter may have shot himself. Also, some are saying that there is no known relationship between the shooter and the congregation, so ignore my previous comment. Also, one report (perhaps untrue) is that the shooter may have been wearing a mask and was driving a vehicle from Rutherford County. I wish I had something more definite or could confirm even these, but that’s all that I have, which may or may not be true.

Fox News

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A masked gunman entered a church in Tennessee on Sunday and opened fire, killing at least one person and injuring seven others before apparently shooting himself, an official said.


25 posted on 09/24/2017 1:40:14 PM PDT by Davy Crocket
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To: AppyPappy
It appears to be a multi-racial church

that is mostly white.

When a predominantly black church has some white members is it multi-racial?

https://www.facebook.com/BurnetteChapel/photos/a.1497618020302369.1073741845.140835882647263/1497618043635700/?type=3&theater

26 posted on 09/24/2017 1:41:05 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: Hadean

Confirmed, That is his facebook page.


27 posted on 09/24/2017 1:43:06 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Conservatives love America for what it is. Liberals hate America for the same reason.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

That facebook page archived (in case it gets taken down):
https://archive.is/bxEE9
https://archive.is/emUCS


28 posted on 09/24/2017 1:57:14 PM PDT by o0O0o
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Blood of Tyrants wrote:

“Police have identified the shooter as 26 year old Emanuel Sampson of Murfreesboro. Murfreesboro isn’t that big and his name is unusual. This may be him:

https://www.facebook.com/E.to.da.Man

Profile says he’s from Khartoum...


29 posted on 09/24/2017 1:57:40 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

I doubt it, unless you’re referring to another facebook page not posted in this thread.

That guy is super narcissistic, but he has a lot of physical strength from being a body builder. The story says he pistol whipped someone, who managed to walk away from that, grab a gun, and disarm the guy.


30 posted on 09/24/2017 1:57:46 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Murfreesboro? Isn’t that the home of that huge mosque???


31 posted on 09/24/2017 2:00:53 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

Courtesy ping.


32 posted on 09/24/2017 2:03:29 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
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To: All

Did anybody notice on that FB page that he’s from Sudan?


33 posted on 09/24/2017 2:06:36 PM PDT by Tennessee Conservative
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To: Tennessee Conservative

Yes. I was not surprised.


34 posted on 09/24/2017 2:08:59 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

Murfreesboro is not that big of a city and Emanuel Kidega Samson is not a common name. Stories say he accidentally shot himself during the struggle (chest or leg, stories differ), greatly disabling him.


35 posted on 09/24/2017 2:09:19 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Conservatives love America for what it is. Liberals hate America for the same reason.)
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To: o0O0o

Hopefully the police will order Facebook to freeze his page.


36 posted on 09/24/2017 2:11:04 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Conservatives love America for what it is. Liberals hate America for the same reason.)
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To: Engraved-on-His-hands
License plate on this vehicle might identify the guy or at least who's vehicle he was driving.....they pulled out the case seen on the ground in back of the vehicle so I assume it's the one he was driving...


37 posted on 09/24/2017 2:14:34 PM PDT by caww
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To: Tennessee Conservative
"Did anybody notice on that FB page that he’s from Sudan?"

At the 2011 division which split off South Sudan, over 97% of the population in the remaining Sudan adheres to Islam. Most Muslims are divided between two groups: Sufi and Salafi (Ansar Al Sunnah) Muslims. Two popular divisions of Sufism, the Ansar and the Khatmia, are associated with the opposition Umma and Democratic Unionist parties, respectively. Only the Darfur region has traditionally been bereft of the Sufi brotherhoods common in the rest of the country.

Pres. Trump needs to ad Sudan to the list of countries on the travel ban (if he hasn't already).

38 posted on 09/24/2017 2:15:24 PM PDT by Godebert (CRUZ: Born in a foreign land to a foreign father.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Links been pulled...


39 posted on 09/24/2017 2:15:47 PM PDT by caww
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To: Hadean

And I fantasize about moving there to be safer.


40 posted on 09/24/2017 2:16:29 PM PDT by Yaelle (Socialism, faithfully implemented, delivers anguish and devastation. - President Trump)
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