louisiana; nowantok, tennessee, the scene of the third movie theater attack in three years. it ended today with a dead gunman and a lot of questions. anna werner now on how it began. reporter: cell phone video caught the sound of police shooting at the man they say entered a movie theater at 1:15 this afternoon wielding pepper spray, a hatchet, and a gun. it was a lot, a lot of shot. it was it was coming from the side of the theater. reporter: the incident began just as the movie mad max fury road was starting. police say a 51-year-old man wearing a backpack on his chest and a surgical mask began blast, people in the theater with pepper spray. officers working a traffic accident just off the theater parking lot ran on foot to the theater. one entered and confronted the gunman. don aaron is with the nashville police department. the gunman opened fire on the south precinct officer. that officer returned his fies. and then backed away out of the theater. reporter: a
hair day. you don t have too much win here. this will be a nice afternoon overall, expecting temperatures to be a little less hot then they have been in recent days too. we re shooting for 85. that will happen between window of two and 5:00 p.m. here today but eventually these cloud rebuild as a sign of things to come, a new storm system heading our way. generally the story is this storm system will be clipping our region tomorrow so not everyone has to deal with the wet weather it provides but everyone will get in on a pleasant weekend. we will break those details down as the show goes on but meisha, how are roads looking right now. road are looking okay but i ll show you one that is not the the best news but i ll start with the good news because we always want good news first. here s vine west at 24th street. it is looking great. that is when we see heat up later. ninety-five northbound for those in and around the airport looking good there as well. this is national so go
it ended today with a dead gunman and a lot of questions. anna werner now on how it began. reporter: cell phone video caught the sound of police shooting at the man they say entered a movie theater at 1:15 this afternoon wielding pepper spray, a hatchet, and a gun. it was a lot, a lot of shot. it was it was coming from the side of the theater. reporter: the incident began just as the movie mad max fury road was starting. police say a 51-year-old man wearing a backpack on his chest and a surgical mask began blast, people in the theater with pepper spray. officers working a traffic accident just off the theater parking lot ran on foot to the theater. one entered and confronted the gunman. don aaron is with the nashville police department. the gunman opened fire on the south precinct officer. that officer returned his fies. and then backed away out of the theater. reporter: a swat team entered a short time later, and the suspect fled. ultimately, the suspect came
teleconference from jail, families of the nine people gunned down during bible study told him about the precious lives that were wrenched away. deeply religious families gathered their courage and surprised nearly everyone. ethel lance 70 years old left five children, seven grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. a daughter spoke for the family. pelley: 49-year-old reverend depayne middleton doctor was a mother of four. a sister spoke for the family. pelley: 26-year-old tywanza sanders reportedly tried to shield others from the gunman. his mother addressed his accused killer. pelley: 21-year-old dylann roof could hear the families but he could not see them. bond was set at $1 million on one of the charges. justice correspondent jeff pegues has more from that hearing. jeff. reporter: scott, dylann roof is being held in a jail cell in a building behind this barbed wire fence. we re told that he s in solitary confinement and under suicide watch. what is your age?
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