Tennessee s special legislative session on public safety, called by Gov. Bill Lee after a deadly Nashville private school shooting in March, came to a chaotic close Tuesday, with Republican supermajorities in both the Senate and House continuing to forgo any new gun restrictions.
A Coffee County business was heavily damaged by fire Tuesday, launching a large-scale investigation amid a rash of burglaries and another fire that happened within hours of one another.
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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