UPDATE: Nashville Police have arrested the suspect after locating him in a “wooded area.”
On Monday, law enforcement officials in Tennessee revealed that the suspected Waffle House shooter was wanted by police after he allegedly stole a BMW from a car dealership and led police on a high-speed chase before they lost him.
The Nashville Metro Police Department said that the suspected 29-year-old shooter stole the car from a dealership in Brentwood on Tuesday but managed to evade police during heavy traffic, Fox News reports:
Metro Nashville Police spokesman Don Aaron told reporters cops chased the vehicle, but then opted to track the car via a GPS device.
The vehicle was recovered the same day at [the suspected shooter’s] apartment complex in neighboring Antioch. Aaron said that authorities did not know [the suspected shooter’s] identity at the time since he did not provide identification at the dealership before taking the vehicle.
“We are significantly focused on finding this man that we all deem to be a danger to this community,” Aaron said as he warned that the suspect showed signs of “significant instability.”
Hours after the shooting unfolded, officials revealed that the suspect was prohibited from possessing firearms and had his guns confiscated last year after he was arrested by Secret Service at the White House and was interviewed by the FBI.
Police say that the suspected shooter’s father received the firearms back from local law enforcement officials after they were confiscated and then returned them to his son.
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