ANTIOCH, Tennessee: A masked gunman killed a woman in the parking lot of a Tennessee church on Sunday morning and wounded six worshipers inside the building before shooting himself in a scuffle with an usher who rushed to stop the attack. As the church usher grappled with the suspect, he was struck in the head with the gunman’s weapon before the suspect fired and wounded himself, police said. “This is an exceptionally brave individual,” Aaron said of the usher during a briefing outside the church in Antioch, about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of downtown Nashville. The Nashville Christian School, where Spann is a coach and Bible teacher, said Spann’s wife was also injured. Nashville Mayor Megan Barry said in a statement the shooting was “a terrible tragedy for our city.” — REUTERS

Source: New Strait Times September 24, 2017 23:15 UTC