Reinking is accused of shooting and killing four people inside the Antioche restaurant in April 2018.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The trial of accused Waffle House shooter Travis Reinking is ongoing.
Reinking is accused of shooting and killing four people inside the Antioche restaurant in April 2018.
Abede DaSilva was one of the witnesses who testified on the first day of the trial on Monday. His brother Akilah DaSilva was one of four people who died in the shooting.
“All of a sudden I saw glass plates and bullets flying, like hitting the glasses inside the store, like the dishes that were set on the Waffle House stove in the kitchen,” said said DaSilva. “I bent down and went to the right, towards the bathroom.”
Opening arguments began Monday morning and ended shortly after 10 a.m.
Subway police officers who were the first to respond to the scene were the first to testify on Monday.
On the day of the shooting, police said Reinking, 30, entered a Waffle House in Antioch with an AR-15 and opened fire, killing four people.
Police arrested Reinking after a 34-hour manhunt. A grand jury indicted Reinking in 2019 on 17 counts, including four of first-degree murder.
Due to his mental state, the trial had been postponed while Reinking underwent treatment for schizophrenia. He has since been found fit to stand trial.
Reinking pleaded not guilty to the crime and now faces life in prison.
District Attorney General Glenn Funk said in 2020 that he would not seek the death penalty in the case.
The trial began at 9 a.m. in Davidson County Court and both attorneys concluded their opening statements.
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