Photos: 1 dead, 7 wounded in shooting at Nashville church

One woman is dead and seven others were injured in a shooting at a church in Nashville, Tennessee, officials said.

According to the Nashville Fire Department, the shooter was among those wounded. The incident occurred at Burnette Chapel Church of Christ in Antioch, which is 30 minutes southeast of downtown Nashville. The fire department described it as a “mass casualty situation.” All of the victims are over the age of 60, except for one. According to police, one victims was pistol-whipped. Officials have identified the gunman as a 25-year-old Emanuel Kidega Samson, who immigrated to the United States from Sudan in 1996 and was a legal U.S. resident. A bomb squad was working to determine whether the gunman’s car was safe to enter. “This is a terrible tragedy for our city,” Nashville Mayor Megan Barry said in a statement. “My heart aches for the family and friends of the deceased as well as for the wounded victims and their loved ones.”
Police have identified the masked gunman behind the fatal mass shooting at a Nashville church on Sunday as Emanuel Kidega Samson (first 3 pics below).