A suspect has been identified in the terrible Nashville church shooting, and is name is Emanuel Samson, apparently an immigrant from Sudan.
Church goer fatally wounded in parking lot is Melanie Smith, 39, of Smyrna.
— Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) September 24, 2017
Gunman in church shooting is Emanuel Kidega Samson, 25. He has been released from hospital and will be charged with murder and att murder. pic.twitter.com/VuCUgJ3JIQ
— Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) September 24, 2017
It sounds like he might have been deranged.
#UPDATE: Don Aaron with Metro police says suspected gunman Emanuel Samson was a former member at the church where shooting happened. @WKRN pic.twitter.com/027XHmNdUj
— Josh Breslow (@JoshBreslowWKRN) September 24, 2017
The internet sleuths are all over him, as usual, to try to figure out what his motivation might be.
Police ID Antioch church shooter as Emanuel Kidega Samson. This may be his Facebook page pic.twitter.com/M4yHHx6NPO
— Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) September 24, 2017
That’s not confirmed however. And Posobiec is far from reliable.
#Antioch murderer Emanuel K Samson is from Sudan #terror pic.twitter.com/haJzL6p1db
— KimKinnie (@kkinmi) September 24, 2017
https://twitter.com/MrFrexit/status/912067307660124160
And whenever there is tragedy, always there are heroes.
HERO: 22-yr-old Robert Caleb Engle, usher at church who held suspect, Emanuel Samson until police arrived: https://t.co/no5sePRPCP @WKRN pic.twitter.com/BL647tIJBe
— Nikki Burdine (@NikkiBurdine) September 24, 2017
Pray for the victims and their families.