Begin. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Did police in the nashville area prevent another horrific Movie Theater attack . What we know right now is that a 51yearold man inside a theater and reported to be armed with a gun, a hatchet and pepper spray was shot to death this afternoon in an exchange of gunfire with police. One person received a minor wound but no one else was killed as Police Responded quickly to reports of an active shooter. The entire incident a frightening echo of what happened only two weeks ago in lafayette, louisiana and of course three years ago in colorado. Mark potter is in antioch, tennessee with the latest. Reporter Nashville Police say it was just before 1 15 local time that reports came in of a man carrying a gun and a hatchet at the Hickory Hollow cinemas. Countywide dispatch to all cars we have shots fired, officer involved at 901 bell road. 901 bell
Conflict . We have full coverage today, friday, april 7th, 2017. From nbc news, this is a special edition of today. Strike on syria. With matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a. Welcome to this special edition of today. 7 00 oclock on the west coast on this friday morning. We have a lot to get to, including the u. S. Mill take strikes on syria. But first breaking news out of sweden. A truck has crashed into a Department Store. Several victims are dead. Police are treating this incident as possible terrorists. We have the latest on this. What can you tell us . Were just getting details of this, but in the last few minutes, the swedish Prime Minister saying this indicates a terror attack. Two people dead. Many people injured. Other reports say three many people have been injured. Other reports say three people are dead and there are eye witness accounts of bodies on a pedestrian street, a busy pedestrian street. There are also pictures of a struck that appears to have slamm
Early today starts right now. A lot to cover this morning. Good morning. Im yasmin vossoughian. Im frances rivera. Very busy to end your workweek. All eyes on syria this morning after the United States launched 59 tomahawk cruise missiles targeting a syrian airfield. T special edition. Its a friday morning. We end the week with a lot of breaking news. Yeah. Incredibly momentous things going on in the last 24 hours. If youre just waking up to this, let us tell you what we know. Two Navy Destroyers fired 59 tomahawk missiles at the shayrat airfield. That was where the planes take off in this weeks reporter what were hearing this morning is these tomahawk missiles killed six to seven people depending on the sources. Thats the number weve been hearing from various different groups and almost all of them, if not all of them, were military personnel at this base. Now what were also hearing, and this would be surprising if true, is the Russian Defense ministry is saying fewer than t richard e
Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Did police in the nashville area prevent another horrific Movie Theater attack . What we know right now is that a 51yearold man inside a theater and reported to be armed with a gun, a hatchet, and pepper spray was shot to death this afternoon in an exchange of gunfire with police. One person received a minor wound, but no one else was killed as Police Responded quickly to reports of an active shooter. The entire incident a frightening echo of what happened only two weeks ago in lafayette, louisiana and of course three years ago in colorado. Mark potter is in antioch, tennessee with the latest. Reporter Nashville Police say it was just before 1 15 local time that reports came in of a man carrying a gun and a hatchet at the Hickory Hollow cinemas. Countywide dispatch to all cars, we have shots fired, an officer involved. 901 bell road. Thats going to be 901 bell road. The hick