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Burnette Chapel shooting

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A mass shooting occurred on September 24, 2017, when a gunman opened fire at the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ in Antioch, Tennessee, part of the Greater Nashville area, killing one person and injuring six others. The perpetrator was identified as Emanuel Kidega Samson, a 25-year-old native of Sudan. Samson was arrested after getting into an altercation with a bystander, and charged with first-degree murder and 43 other charges. The suspect indicated that the attack was an act of revenge for the 2015 Charleston church shooting.

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Burnette Chapel shooting
Pin Hook Road, Nashville-Davidson

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Pin Hook Road
37013 Nashville-Davidson
Tennessee, United States
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