Waffle House shooting: Tennessee man who wrestled AR-15 away from gunman hailed as hero
The man who wrestled an AR-15 out of the hands of a nude gunman at a Tennessee Waffle House early on Sunday morning is being hailed as a hero — even though he says he doesn't see himself that way.
James Shaw Jr., 29, said that after going to a nightclub he decided to go to a Waffle House with a friend early Sunday. But the first one he went to was too crowded, so he ended up going to another one in Nashville.
Fatefully, he ended up there just minutes before the accused gunman, Travis Reinking, 29, of Morton, Illinois, entered the restaurant and opened fire.
"When I first heard the gun shots immediately it's like a what’s-going-on type of feeling, and I saw a gentleman near the door of the Waffle House and I jumped from the high countertop seats and jumped toward the bathrooms," Shaw told "Today" on Monday. "The bathrooms seemed like a bad idea — kind of like shooting fish in a barrel."
Shaw said he felt that Reinking was going to "get [him] either way" and waited for an opportunity to act.
"I was waiting for chance, so when I saw the barrel down I saw an opportunity, and I attacked and took it and it worked out for myself and others who were in the Waffle House at same time," Shaw said.
Shaw said it was then that they began wrestling, ignoring his own pain as he grabbed the hot barrel of the AR-15 weapon. On Sunday afternoon, his right hand was bandaged from the encounter....
We often hear the refrain about "good guys with guns" being the remedy to public shooters - it's a rare thing for a "good guy with nothing" to take one down.
Meh, yankees coming down here and acting a fool is nothing new. And said yankee scum getting taken down by a local good guy is also nothing new.
I drive by that Waffle House about every week or two, when I'm heading over to see a friend of mine. I'm pretty sure it was full of kids just getting out of a club at 3am on Sunday morning. Everybody was juiced up and that precluded anybody carrying to simply have shot this fucker on the spot. Thankfully the guy who tackled him *was* on the spot.
BTW, I'm hearing around the office that they finally caught the guy just a few minutes ago; in spite of all the help being given by the FBI.
Fife wrote:Meh, yankees coming down here and acting a fool is nothing new. And said yankee scum getting taken down by a local good guy is also nothing new.
I drive by that Waffle House about every week or two, when I'm heading over to see a friend of mine. I'm pretty sure it was full of kids just getting out of a club at 3am on Sunday morning. Everybody was juiced up and that precluded anybody carrying to simply have shot this fucker on the spot. Thankfully the guy who tackled him *was* on the spot.
BTW, I'm hearing around the office that they finally caught the guy just a few minutes ago; in spite of all the help being given by the FBI.
Obviously, we need some new gun laws, 'n shit.
Good to hear they got him. I looked at the map, I thought that was in your AO.
Again we have learned the FBI had this guy in custody about 6-9 months ago.
DBTrek wrote:
James Shaw Jr.
Shaw said he felt that Reinking was going to "get [him] either way" and waited for an opportunity to act.
"I was waiting for chance, so when I saw the barrel down I saw an opportunity, and I attacked and took it and it worked out for myself and others who were in the Waffle House at same time," Shaw said.
BTW
Broward County FL LEO's this is how you do it ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Attacking our most sacred institutions like this cannot be tolerated. Drown him in delicious buttery hasbrowns. Smothered, covered, and scattered, of course.
GrumpyCatFace wrote:Attacking our most sacred institutions like this cannot be tolerated. Drown him in delicious buttery hasbrowns. Smothered, covered, and scattered, of course.
Land of the Sticky Tables must be allowed to continue, second amendment rights in tact.
I don't support sticky tables, but I support their right to exist for people who love getting their arm stuck to a table covered in maple syrup.
Why are all the Gods such vicious cunts? Where's the God of tits and wine?
