‘given the vantage point represented by her video.’
SmileDirectClub, which manufactures a home teeth straightening system, released a statement, saying it was ‘saddened’ by the shooting and was cooperating with the investigation.
#VIDEO: “He just asked everybody ‘why are you running? why are you running?’ He just started opening fire, spraying it, the whole building.” Employee describes workplace shooting at Smile Direct Club warehouse on Antioch Pike. https://t.co/7LYKEzNYRLpic.twitter.com/e75G9qdi7W
King used a .45 caliber semi-automatic handgun and apparently had multiple clips in a sling pack he carried, police said.
Police said King, who worked the day shift at the warehouse, had been working there since June but had previously worked at the facility from late 2019 to early 2020.
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Antioch, Tennessee shooting: 3 hurt at SmileDirectClub site, gunman killed
By Kelly Hayes
Antioch, Tennessee shooting: Bodycam footage
On Tuesday evening, police released graphic bodycam footage of the incident which included 911 calls from witnesses and surveillance video.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A 22-year-old employee of a SmileDirectClub warehouse opened fire on Tuesday at the facility in Tennessee, injuring three people before being shot and killed by responding officers, authorities said.
The shooting was reported at about 6 a.m. at the manufacturing facility located in Antioch, Tennessee. Three employees were shot and transported to the hospital, whom police later identified as security guards Johnny Hardin, 46, and Carlton Watson, 66, and manager Thomas Abbott, 54.
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A workplace shooting in Nashville early Tuesday morning left three people wounded and the shooter dead in the middle of the street after an encounter with police.
Two security guards at the SmileDirectClub warehouse Johnny Hardin, 46, and Carlton Watson, 66 were hospitalized, Hardin in critical condition and Watson in stable condition. Fifty-four-year-old Thomas Abbott, a manager at the facility, was treated and released, WKRN reported. Another employee injured a leg running away.
The alleged shooter, Antonio King, 22, was pronounced dead at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Police said King entered at shift change about 6 a.m. and began firing, but no one was hit. He exited the building and engaged in a shootout with security guards through the doors, firing more than 20 rounds. Metro police said they believe King was hit during the exchange of gunfire as well.
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