He was convicted in December and is currently on death row.īefore the AP report, some "alt-right" groups said the shooting was a "reverse Dylann Roof" because Samson is black and his alleged victims were white. Roof, a neo-Nazi, was attending a bible study at the church when he pulled out a gun and started shooting. The shooting reminded some of Roof's attack at Emanuel AME Church in South Carolina, a historically black church where nine died in 2015. The three students killed were Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs and. A masked gunman was stopped mid-attack by an 'extraordinarily brave' church usher after killing one person near Nashville, Tennessee. The shooter, who was killed on the school’s second floor, had two assault-type rifles and a handgun, an official said. Neither Metro Nashville Police nor the FBI would verify the authenticity of the note, citing the ongoing investigation. The attack happened as services were ending, reports said. He was the hero today: The 22-year-old usher who helped save lives during a Tennessee church shooting Hes 6 foot 5, a really big guy, but a gentle giant. The Associated Press did not provide the wording of Samson's note, which the news agency said was read to it by two law enforcement officials. The note described wanting to get revenge or retaliation for the 2015 church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina, according to a report from the Associated Press. The man accused of shooting churchgoers in Tennessee reportedly wanted revenge for Dylann Roof, the white supremacist convicted of killing nine in a black congregation in South Carolina.Įmanuel Samson left a note in his vehicle outside the church Sunday before he allegedly opened fire, leaving one dead and six others injured.
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