04-23-2018, 09:42 AM
The Nashville Waffle House shooter is still on the loose and the emerging story of his background makes the shooting even more frustrating.
In 2016, his family called police because Travis Reinking was delusional and believed that Taylor Swift was stalking him by hacking into his Netflix account. He also claimed that Swift was following him and arranged to meet him at the Dairy Queen.
But, he said he had to chase her to a rooftop (where she disappeared) when he got there because she yelled at him from across the street and ran off. He was taken for mental evaluation against his will, but apparently was able to keep his guns in Illinois and was not flagged in NICS.
In 2017, Reinking was arrested in DC for trying to infiltrate the White House to get to President Trump as a 'sovereign citizen'. He was given community service, his guns were confiscated and turned over to his father by Illinois LE, and the charges were dropped after he completed a diversion program. His father recently returned the guns to Reinking.
His father has some explaining to do. Why did he return the guns, one of which (AR-15) was used to kill four people, to his obviously very disturbed son?
In 2016, his family called police because Travis Reinking was delusional and believed that Taylor Swift was stalking him by hacking into his Netflix account. He also claimed that Swift was following him and arranged to meet him at the Dairy Queen.
But, he said he had to chase her to a rooftop (where she disappeared) when he got there because she yelled at him from across the street and ran off. He was taken for mental evaluation against his will, but apparently was able to keep his guns in Illinois and was not flagged in NICS.
In 2017, Reinking was arrested in DC for trying to infiltrate the White House to get to President Trump as a 'sovereign citizen'. He was given community service, his guns were confiscated and turned over to his father by Illinois LE, and the charges were dropped after he completed a diversion program. His father recently returned the guns to Reinking.
His father has some explaining to do. Why did he return the guns, one of which (AR-15) was used to kill four people, to his obviously very disturbed son?