Waffle House Reopens After Shooting
Last weekend, a 29-year-old man opened fire at a Waffle House in Tennessee, killing four people and injuring four others. The restaurant reopened Wednesday, and officials from the breakfast chain promised to donate 100 percent of sales made at the Antioch location in the next month to the victims and their families.
Nashville's NewsChannel 5 was outside the restaurant as it reopened, and spoke to Chuck Cordero, who was standing outside the Waffle House late Sunday night as Travis Reinking - who was arrested Monday on four counts of criminal homicide - opened fire.
"These were the kind of people you wanted in this world moving forward, all smart, all going places," Cordero said of the victims, which included his friend, Taurean Sanderlin. "It’s a tragedy, it really is."
Sanderlin, 29, was the only Waffle House employee killed that night. The three other victims were customers: Akilah Dasilva, 23, DeEbony Groves, 21, and Joe Perez, 20, AP reports.
According to the AP, Waffle House spokesman Pat Warner confirmed that sales made in the next 30 days will be given to the families of the four who were killed and to the two who remain hospitalized. Store managers told NewsChannel 5 that they plan on visiting the families of the victims, and are accepting donations in the Antioch store to add to the fund.
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