Travis Reinking

Travis Reinking Full Name: Travis Jeffrey Reinking Alias: The Waffle House Shooter Origin: Morton, Illinois, United States Skills: Gun accessibility Shooting Goals: Unknown, if any Crimes: Murder Larceny Type of Villain: Mass Shooter

Travis Jeffrey Reinking (born February 1, 1989) is an American man responsible for a mass shooting at a Waffle House restaurant in Nashville, Tennessee on April 22, 2018. He is responsible for the death of four people and injuring two more. James Shaw Jr., an unarmed customer, wrestled his weapon, an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, away from him, ending his rampage. Reinking subsequently fled the scene, but was apprehended the following day.

Reinking was charged with four counts of criminal homicide, four counts of attempted homicide, and one count of having a firearm while committing a dangerous felony. Forensic psychologists who examined Reinking determined that he suffered from severe schizophrenia, and in August 2018 a judge found Reinking incompetent to stand trial and ordered him committed to a mental hospital for treatment. This decision was later reversed and Reinking was convicted of murder and imprisoned for life.

Mental Health

Reinking had a history of erratic conduct and delusions. In May 2016, sheriff's deputies in Tazewell County responded to a call from Reinking's parents in the parking lot of a drugstore, where a paramedic said Reinking had delusions that Taylor Swift was personally stalking him and hacking his phone. The report noted: "Travis is hostile toward police and does not recognize police authority. Travis also possesses several firearms." In 2017, he lived in an apartment above his father's crane rental business in Tremont, Illinois. In June 2017, an employee of the business called police, saying Reinking had come downstairs carrying a rifle, wearing a pink dress, and using an expletive before tossing the rifle in his trunk and leaving the building. On another occasion around the same time, a public pool director called police to report Reinking had come to the pool in a "pink women's housecoat" and then exposed himself to lifeguards.

In July 2017, the U.S. Secret Service arrested Reinking near the White House after he crossed a barrier and refused to leave. The Secret Service said Reinking had said he "wanted Reinking was charged with unlawful entry (a misdemeanor) and entered into a deferred prosecution agreement in July 2017, in which Reinking performed 32 hours of community service and was ordered to stay away from the White House. In November 2017, the court dismissed the case after Reinking successfully completed the program.