Waffle House Shooter Escaped Cops in Stolen BMW Before Massacre

Five days before he allegedly opened fire in a Waffle House, Travis Reinking led police in a tony Nashville suburb on a chase in a stolen BMW.

Weaving through rush-hour traffic, he ignored the lights and sirens behind him, before Brentwood police officers terminated their pursuit after a few minutes. Reinking was identified as the suspected thief on Monday as police hunted him down for killing four people at the restaurant in nearby Antioch.

Reinking was arrested Monday afternoon, nearly 34 hours after the shooting and less than a mile from the scene of the massacre. Nashville police officers captured him after responding to a call from a local resident who reported seeing a man walking into a wooded area.

Last Tuesday, according to Brentwood police, he arrived at BMW of Nashville in Brentwood at around 5:40 p.m., posing as a customer. After stealing a key fob from a salesperson, police say, he got in a 2018 BMW X6 and drove away from the dealership.

Officers from the Brentwood Police Department, south of Nashville, did not know who was driving the last Tuesday. After a short chase, Brentwood police officials said they ended their pursuit "in accordance with Brentwood Police policy and since the stolen vehicle was equipped with a GPS tracking device."
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