Gunman killed inside Tennessee theater

Nashville, Tenn. — (WSMV) A gunman is dead following a shooting inside a Antioch, Tennessee movie theater.

The Nashville Fire Department confirmed that shots were being fired at the Carmike 8 Cinemas on Bell Road at 1:55 p.m.

Police responded to a shots fired call about 1:15 and engaged the gunman inside.

Metro police spokesman Don Aaron said the suspect entered the theater armed with a gun and a hatchet. Nashville Fire Department spokesman Brian Haas later said the gunman also had pepper spray on him.

A South Precinct officer entered the theater where Mad Max: Fury Road was showing. There, he encountered the gunman in the projection room. The gunman and the officer exchanged gunfire.

A Metro SWAT Team later engaged and killed the gunman just inside the movie theater.

We believe the imminent threat has ended, Aaron said.

Aaron said the gunman had two backpacks on him at the time of the shooting. Crews are working to make sure there is no danger with those backpacks.

Haas said people were injured from exposure to pepper spray, and one of those people also appeared to have superficial injuries that could have come from the hatchet.

Officials at Vanderbilt University Medical Center confirmed no victims would be transported to the hospital.

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