metro nashville police said the guy started shooting inside the theater. rse, 911 calls come in and metro police south precinct which is nearby officers responded. it's a heavily patrolled area near that theater, luke. right off interstate 24. very commercialized. car dealers, shopping. there's a whole lot of stuff right there. so there's always patrol cars around there and a quick response. it sounds like the patrol officer entered -- >> jim, we will have to cut you off. we have a new press conference. here's the very latest. >> we believe that the pepper spray came from the asill lant. one of those three treated also examined for what we have described as a wound that could have been caused by a hatchet. but at this point, nobody is transported. there have been no trauma injuries at this point. and we're very thankful for that at this point. >> what about the gunman? >> the police will have information on that. >> how many people were in the theater at the time? >> i don't have that information. >> the three people injured a ten people with the hatchet --

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we are trying to gather information at this time. >> we have gotten a tweet from police in nashville. where is the mic? we have just gotten information from police in tennessee. what was the tweet? >> the suspect is dead. >> this is from city of nashville, police. >> yeah met row nashville p.d. suspect dead. >> from metro pd. >> here's what we can tell you, during the part where rick leventhal was speaking. we got word this was an active shooter situation and that the s.w.a.t. team had arrived at this movie theater. this is the picture of it. this is a google picture of course not a picture that comes from recently. we can tell you that the authorities have informed us while rick was speaking that was an active shooter situation. then seconds later police confirmed the shooter is dead. did the police shoot him or her? did he or she commit suicide? about these matters we don't have information. but rick leventhal is with us again. do we know whether this person had made his or her way into the building? >> that's not clear. what i can tell you is according to a local assignment editor

shot and killed by nashville police just after a brief showdown inside. >> it was very scary. >> everybody back up, somebody got a gun and stuff like that. >> as chaos started to unfold, two police officers were working a traffic accident just outside the hickory 8 movie theater. >> they immediately maiden try. one of the officers actually engaged the suspect. there was an encounter. he saw a gun come up. he saw a trigger about to be pulled. he disengaged. >> it happened during showing of the film mad max where witnesses say the suspect identified tonight as 29-year-old vincente mon tonno. >> i'm eternally grateful for the metro police department for their fast response today and the fact that no one else god injured. >> as the theater cleared, he tried to escape through a back door where he was shot and killed by the members of the nashville police s.w.a.t. team. >> when he came at them at a threatening mapper they opened fire. >> the gun he he was had was wielding was an air soft pellet pistol. he had a history of resisting arrest. he also had a history of mental problems. >> it appears

the national association of theater owners is praising the quick response from nashville police. saying in a written statement, whether it is in churches, schools, malls, or other public places, people have a right to go about their lives in peace and safety. the safety of our guests and employees is and always will be our industry's highest priority. an industry and audiences on edge right now after two theater attacks in less than a month. >> investigators continue to look into montano's mental history. they say at this point, they have no solid evidence of a motive in the attack here. that's the latest live in antioch, tennessee, i'm jay gray, now back to you. >> jay, thank you. >>> and now to a news 4 tonight, we are hearing from the woman who was injured when a through the bottom of a city bus. it happened on the bx line bx11 line in the bronx. in the mt. eden section with the interview you'll see only here on news 4. >> reporter: and her name is josephina guzman. that's when the manhole cover exploded through the bus, and she ended up in the hospital. a look at the floor be

this time in antioch, tennessee, right outside of nashville. policepect opened fire on a police officer who then returned fire killing the suspect before he was shot dead. before he was shot dead, i should say by police. he did attack one man with a hatchet and doused two women with pepper spray. the suspect also had two backpacks which the bomb squad will detonate. >>> actress gwyneth paltrow and her mother blithe danner addressing the importance of labeling for genetically modified organisms. pushing for food labels that will notify consumers on whether or not a product contains gmos. >>> george bush reporting for jury duty in dallas. and even though he sat through the jury selection process for a couple of hours, he wasn't picked to serve. he did snap a couple of photos with people, including this intern. >>> cvs has dropped pfizer's little blue pill. the drugstore chain will no longer include viagra in the list of drug insurance benefits beginning january 1st but will carry the pill for customers willing to pay for it in full or whose insurance co

. >>> nashville police are trying to figure out the motive of a man who attacked movie-goers in tennessee. three people were hurt during the chaos. david begnaud reports. >> reporter: nashville metro police say vicente montano entered the theater. he pulled out a gun and we ran out. >> reporter: he started clouding the room with pepper spray before swinging with the hatchet. >> they helped us when we were pepper sprayed giving me more faith in humanity again. >> he was met boy a s.w.a.t. team. >> there was a noise made by that gun. the officers then fired. >> reporter: a witness captured the loud gunshots heard during the s.w.a.t. team's takedown. the 29-year-old attacker died at the scene. just two days before the attack, his mother denise preuitt filed a missing persons report with murphysboro police. the report says montano was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in april 2006. preuitt told police she hadn't seen her son since 2013. the national association of theater owners said in a statement, quote, people have the right to go about their lives in peace and say. the safety of our

we've learned both from nashville fire and nashville police there was an individual who showed up at er in the antioch area of nashville, armed with not only a gun, but a hatchet, was inside police responded to a shooter situation at the theater. there was a back and forth within the theater, ultimately we know the s.w.a.t. team arrived, and the suspect is now confirmed dead. you're looking at the scene here essentially a strip mall a movie theater just off the interstate there in antioch. crime scene tape. ambulances on scene, but we did just learn from nashville fire three individuals who were injured, the injure where was specifically from pepper spray from this individual. no one had to be taken to the hospital. that said the other issue, while this is active in a sense, is the individual had two backpacks. they don't know what could be inside. they're being incredibly careful. the bomb squad is trying to determine if they can ultimately clear the scene or not, depending on what they have. side of brandt ransom with me on the phone. brad let's just begin with what you saul what yo

this time outside of nashville. police were able to stop the suspect before anyone was seriously injured. jay gray has the story in antioch, tennessee. >> as the chaos started to unfold, two police officers were working a traffic accident outside the movie theater. >> one of the officers encountered the the suspect. he saw a gun come up saw the trigger about to be pulled. he disengaged. >> it happened during showing of the film "mad max." the 20-year-old smt used pepper spray on three people in the theetzer and attacked this man with a hat chet. >> i'm internal mri grateful. excuse me. for metro police department. >> he apparently tried to escape through a back door where he was shot and killed by members of the nashville swat team. the gun he was holding was a soft pistol. he had criminal history including assault and existing arrest. police say he had a history of mental problems. >> they are reporting he had been committed four times, twice in 2004 and twice in 2007. >> part of a puzzle investigators are trying to piece

did police in the nashville area prevent another horrific movie theater attack? what we know right now is that a 51-year-old man inside a theater and reported to be armed with a gun, a hatchet and pepper spray was shot to death this afternoon in an exchange of gunfire with police. one person received a minor wound but no one else was killed as police responded quickly to reports of an active shooter. the entire incident a frightening echo of what happened only two weeks ago in lafayette, louisiana and of course three years ago in colorado. mark potter is in antioch, tennessee with the latest. >> reporter: nashville police say it was just before 1:15 local time that reports came in of a man carrying a gun and a hatchet at the hickory hollow cinemas. >> countywide dispatch to all cars, we have shots fired, officer involved at 901 bell road. 901 bell road. theater. >> shots being fired right now at the movie theater. >> reporter: it was inside the theater during a showing of the film "mad max: fury road," where saw the gunman. >> he encountered the gunman. the gunma

did police in the nashville area prevent another horrific movie theater attack? what we know right now is that a 51-year-old man inside a theater and reported to be armed with a gun, a hatchet, and pepper spray was shot to death this afternoon in an exchange of gunfire with police. one person received a minor wound, but no one else was killed as police responded quickly to reports of an active shooter. the entire incident a frightening echo of what happened only two weeks ago in lafayette, louisiana and of course three years ago in colorado. mark potter is in antioch, tennessee with the latest. >> reporter: nashville police say it was just before 1:15 local time that reports came in of a man carrying a gun and a hatchet at the hickory hollow cinemas. >> countywide dispatch to all cars, we have shots fired, an officer involved. 901 bell road. that's going to be 901 bell road. the hickory 8 movie theater. >> shots being fired right now at the movie theater. >> reporter: it was inside the theater during a showing of the film "mad max: fury road" where a lone officer

nashville police kaled -- killed a man who attacked moviegoers with a hatchet earlier this month.al said the new policy is to help ensure the safety of fans. the company operates 500 theaters across the country. history will be made at fort benning when they will award the ranger tag to women. they are the first women to graduate from ranger school. it took them three attempts to finish the gruling two-month regimen. they cannot join the regiment because combat roles are not -- not open to women. >> every time we accomplish something it gave us an extra foothold in being part of the team. >> as for what to expect from women in the military, ke can hand they will same things as men. >> president obama will attend tomorrow's schedule. along with the two women, 94 men will receive their ranger tags. great stuff. have you seen the way those guys train? and women? it's amazing. how about the rough weather ere tonight. >> this is live, looking toward the east. you can see flashes of lightning. that lightning you're seeing, those are storms that are clear across the chesapeake bay. quite

. >> reporter: nashville police responded to a call at a movie theatre. a man went after the crowd with pepper spray and a hatchet. in lafayette, 11 people were shot inside a theatre. the gunman appeared to be just other moviegoer. the recent events have many wondering if theatres should a fm of security. manny gomez is a security expert. he says theatres have options. >> either an armed security officer in uniform that's going to be posted at the front to show that they where some protection or metal detectors which would be an inconvenience to the public in general going to see the movies. but most people would feel more comfortable knowing that nobody in the movie theatre potentially has a gun. >> reporter: some theatre owners worry crime scenes depicted inside the theatres and not on their screens could cause a decline in attendance, a concern raised as they face competition from netflix and hulu. this is a movie critic for talking pictures on demand. >> last weekend the top 10 movies were down 32 percent from the summer before. that means, yes, we've

a metro nashville police spokesman don aaron. >> there is a great possibility that he intended on using this propane canister as some type of an explosive. >> reporter: two minutes after being alerted to the attack,na officer jonathan frith was onnf the scene and confronted montano. >> i got a job to do. i have to save lives. if i have to, i have to go in there and engage the target. >> reporter: the 29-year-old montano fired his pellet gun several times before he waser killed by swat officers as he ran from the theater. montano's mother reported him missing three days ago. denise pruett told police her son had been diagnosed withpa paranoid schizophrenia and as early as 2004 she reported her son was having thoughts of suicide as well as homicide. the visual of frightened moviegoers running from the theater wednesday has mothers like cina thomas rethinking movie nights with her kids. >> my family won't be going to the movies anymore. this has opened my eyes. there have been too many too close together. >> reporter: the attacker pepperto sprayed two women in the face, and the man who cam

nashville police confirm he had an air soft pistol and not a rather firearm. bomb squad blew up the backpack he left behind holding a hoax device meant to fool police. >> the actions of that first officer who went in the theater to engage this individual may well have saved multiple individuals inside that theater as officers worked to evacuate everyone in here. >> reporter: steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >>> well, other major story we're following comes to us from politics. the first republican debate now just hours away. >> and though quicken loans areason in in cleveland will be packed with thousands, tickets said to be tougher to get than tickets to the nba finals and this is where the ten candidates will face off. >> most but not all of the candidates say they are preparing for the big moment. abc's bazi kanani in washington for us with a preview. can't wait for this thing, bazi. >> reporter: highly anticipated, t.j., good morning, reena. in less than a year republicans will crown their presidential nominee in cleveland, ohio, but to get there, analyst

searching for a motive after another attack inside a movie theater, this time just outside of nashville. police were able to rush in and the suspect was stopped before anyone was seriously injured. jay grey has the latest from antioch, tennessee. >> reporter: as the chaos started to unfold, two police officers were working a traffic accident just outside the movie theater. >> one of the officers engage the suspect. there was an encounter, he saw a gun come up. he saw a trigger about to be pulled. he disengaged. >> reporter: it happened during the showing of the film "mad max fury road "where witnesses say a suspect montano used pepper spray and attacked this man with a hatchet. >> i'm eternally grateful for the metro police department. >> montano tried to escape out the back door where he was shot and killed by the s.w.a.t. team. he had an air soft pellet pistol and montano had a criminal history that included assault and resisting arrest. police say he also had a history of mental problems. >> they're reporting that he'd committed four times, twice in 2004 and twice in 2007. >> reporter: all p

we're going to continue to follow 9 breaking news out of the nashville area. police say a shooter toting a gun and hatchet pepper sprayed people inside a theater while wearing a surgical mask. a local man, he is now dead after an exchange of gunfire. thankfully fire officials say his death is the only serious injury. we'll bring you more information as it comes in. there is much more breaking news, a potential major discovery of the potential disappearance of mh370, the malaysian prime minister saying the piece of debris found last week on reunion island does indeed belong to the missing airliner. the washed-up wing is the first piece of evidence definitively from that missing flight. however, french and ntsb authorities are not yesterday 100% sure this is part of the missing plane. thirchlts recognizing this as a piece of a 777, malaysian officials say aspects of this piece matching the technical specifications of mh370. there's no word of actual test results to prove this. adding to the drama of the announcement, i'm learning from a source close to the investigatio

. >>> nashville police trying to figure out the motive of a man who attacked people at a movie theater in tennessee. police say the man clouded the room with pepper spray before attacking. >> he started attacking a family with a hatchet and then he pulled out a gun and we ran out. >> police say have i tenty montano had a canister of propane, lighter fluid and lighter and may have planned to set off an explosive device, too. three people were hurt. the 29-year-old attacker was shot and killed by a s.w.a.t. team when he tried to flee by the back door. >> there was a noise made by the gun. then the officer fired. >> officials reveal vicente montano was a paranoid schizophrenic. he was committed twice in 2004 and twice in 2007. >>> it's been 307 years since -- 70 years since the united states bombed hiroshima. to mark the date dozen of protestors stood outside lawrence livermore lab condemning the use of nuclear weapons. the bay area lab is one of the only places in the country designing nuclear warheads. >> this is a day on which as an american, i prefer to be in jail to make very clear t

don aaron is with the nashville police department. >> the gunman opened fire on the south precinct officer. that officer returned his fies. and then backed away out of the theater. >> reporter: a swat team entered a short time later, and the suspect fled. >> ultimately, the suspect came out of the back door of the theater. he was shot, fatally wounded, and has been pronounced deceased here at the scene. >> reporter: police say two women and one man hit with pepper spray were treated at the scene. >> i'm eternally grateful-- skews me. >> reporter: the man who gave his name only as stephen, also apparently sustained a super ficialg injury to his shoulder from the hatchet. >> i would ask anyone to pray for his family because he, obviously, has some mental problems or something else. >> reporter: the police blew up the gunman's backpack but now say it contained nothing dangerous, just a fake bomb. they have yet to examine a second back. scott, the police say only eight people were in that theater when the incident occurred. >> pelley: anna werner with the breaking news. thank you. today in the

test. >>> some late details coming in on the nashville theater attack. policee. we are reporting it tonight because they're still looking for information. vincente david montano, 29 years old of the nashville with a long history of psychiatric difficulties. they released a photo. the pistol the man was carrying into the theater. in addition to pepper spray, fake bomb and ax. an air soft pistol, air pistol, very realistic looking weapon but not a deadly one. it fires bbs. tonight the man carrying it is dead killed in a shootout with police. as i said police are looking for more information about him. details on how it all went down beginning to end with don aaron, i spoke just before air time. don this was a very quick response by the police department. i understand there were officers close by when the call came in? >> yes we, had two police officers working a motor vehicle crash on the streeten front of the movie theater parking lot. persons from the theater ran to them working the crash. the officers stopped what they were doing and immediately ran to the the

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ahead tonight, late details on a man police say tried to commit mass murder at a nashville movie theater two. people there when it happened. we'll hear from them. how the republican candidates are preparing for tomorrow's big debate. and why donald trump says he is not. but failed and died at the hand of mass gunfire instead. [ gunfire ] >> that's how it all ended this afternoon inside a movie theater in nashville, tennessee. a gunman pepper spray, two backpacks, an ax no one else killed or no one else seriously hurt. one person steven who didn't give a last name was in the theater with his daughter. both were pepper sprayed. he suffered a minor hatchet wound. >> i'm eternally grateful excuse me for metro police department for their fast response today and the fact that no one else got injured other than the person who did this. i would ask anyone to pray for his family because he obviously has some mental problems or something else. my family does not want any kind of 15 minutes of fame. we were not looking for any of this. we did nothing to bring this upon ourselves. and i am very very

nashville this morning with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, carol. polices in preventing an incident that could have been much worse. the suspect identified as 29-year-old vincente david montano came into this movie theater. he purchased a ticket and then he proceeded to carry out his attack. he was armed with a pellet gun, an ax and wearing a surgical mask presumably to protect himself from the pepper spray he used to douse the patrons inside inside. some of those frantic moments captured on 911 audio tape. >> i was in the movie theater a minute or two ago and this guy, this shady looking guy stood up with like two bags and he walked towards the back of the theater and he pulled out like a hatchet and started attacking this family and then he pulled out a gun and we all ran out of the theater. >> reporter: according to police montano has a lengthy history of mental health issues being committed in mental health institutions. he has a record of being checked in at the national homeless institute but no record of him staying overnight. on monday his mother f

. >> police began receiving calls after 1:00 p.m. in the nashville suburb of antioch. witnesses say the 29-year-old vin tente david montano walked into the movie wearing a surgical mask, as well as two backpacks and a weapon. >> he was armed with a hatchet and armed with a weapon that strongly reassembles a semiautomatic pistol that we know now after examination is an air soft gun. >> he was allegedly armed with pepper spray. >> the gunman apparently unleashed this pepper spry throughout the theater, as additional officers to swat team entered that theater. it was very thick with chemical spray. >> officers arrived in minutes and ended the threat. afterwards, they blew up one of his backpacked and found the bomb inside was fake, too. records show he was a diagnosed par road schizophrenic who had been committed four times in the last 11 years. he had been arrested in tennessee for assault and resisting arrest. a 58-year-old man suffered a hatchet wound they describe at superficial and two people needed help after being pepper sprayed by man tan know but none of his vict

it starts with a public information officer from the nashville police. then watch who he introduces on how this goes. i have never seen this happen before. and i can't exactly put my finger on why but i final this very moving actually. watch. >> all right. the gentleman standing to my right, first name is steven. s-t-e-v-e-n. that's the only identification that steven wants to give you for his name right now. steven was one of eight persons, including the suspect, who was in the theater during the showing of madd max. steven was the person who suffered the laceration. thankfully minor from the hatchet or axe that the suspect was carrying. steven has agreed to make a brief statement to you all. he is not going to entertain any questions. he is going to make a brief statement and then turn around and walk away. he is doing this today so that his privacy is maintained and his family is not disturbed or bothered today or in the coming days. again, steven has agreed to make this statement now. no questions. and then when he's done, he's going to turn around a

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examined the backpack that the suspect was wearing -- >>> you were just hearing from both the nashville police department as well as the fire department. they were briefing. let's go back and continue listening in. >> -- a loud bang here in a short period of time, as the bomb squad works to insure that this backpack that he was wearing is indeed safe. there is also another bag/satchel on the inside that the bomb squad, the devices unit is also going to have to deal with. but in short order you are going to hear an announcement about a noise that's going take place. that should not alarm you. that will be the bomb squad using its methods to render safe this back flpack that the suspe was wearing. the bomb squad has done their cursory investigation. they are not comfortable with this laying there. they are going to disrupt it. they are going to render it safe. you will hear an announcement over a p.a. that should not concern you. there will be a noise. it is my understanding it is the bag that he had on him when he came out. >> where is the bag now? >> at the back of the theater. >> what would y

. >>> breaking news, nashville police confirming an active shooter situation has indeed ended as police confirm the shooter is dead. this shooting took place, this is what's very upsetting obviously, at a movie theater. the second movie theater shooting in a couple of weeks. the shooter in the nashville area. hazardous teams are looking at backpacks that are suspicious and need to be checked out. the gunman was armed with a gun and a hatchet. shooter confirmed dead. >>> let us move on, it's a tough transition, i'm going to make it. twitter alive and kicking, down 2.33% after a rough couple of days. traders continue to speculate who might be the next ceo or plotting to buy out. charlie gasparino with us. what do you have on twitter? >> the stock went down on the report, i believe it was one of the tech rags that reported this. i can't remember which one that google is not interested that larry paige couldn't care a less. liz: i believe that was the information in the block. they are respectful. >> very respectful and the guy that wrote it is a longtime tech reporter. wasn't quite an inve

. >> vin cents hill is a former officer with the nashville police department. he's in atlanta tonight. donte berry is the executive director of the million hoodies for justice. vince vincent, let me start with you. from a police perspective was law enforcement's reaction and response in st. louis appropriate? >> i think it was, john. here's why. police use what they call the amount of force necessary to affect the risk. you also have to use the tools and equipment necessary to control the crowd. so anytime you have a crowd that's willing to destroy police cars, throw bricks, throw bottles, whatever against police, you have to use the tactics necessary to control that crowd. bottom line. >> dante, your reaction? >> that's like the context phrase, right? yesterday was the one-year shooting of the mentally ill black person shot and killed by st. louis cops. just a week ago was the one-year anniversary of mike brown's death in ferguson. both situations within want one-year anniversary, we've seen a response by a mel militarized police presence in ferguson and st. lo

the circumstances or a motive that led this man it to threaten a november theater in suburban nashville. policeay the man who they originally believed to be a 51-year-old local resident may may have been 29. either case he was armed with a gun and what appeared to be a hatchet or ax. he came into the theater wearing a surgical mask and began spraying pepper spray as people were watching mad max in that theater. police happened to be working a nearby auto accident and responded to the theater immediately. a metropolitan national police officer arrived inside the theater. police say the gunman fired on the officer. they say the officer returned fire and then backed away. the swat team moved in and had to don gas mask because the concentration of pepper spray inside the theater was so strock. there was more gunfire and the gunman died at the scene. the gunman was the only fatality. three people were treated at the scene for minor injuries. the gunman had apparently sprayed a man and two females, including a teen with pepper spray. the male victim also suffered minor cuts to his shoulder from the g

nashville police say he wore a surgical mask and carried a fake bomb as he pepper sprayed three people and cut one in the arm with an ax. he had a pellet gun that looked like a semi-automatic handgun. he fired it at one police officer then tried to escape through a backdoor. >> metro police officers at the back of the theater at that mad max theater outside engaged him. he was shot, fatally wounded. he was pronounced deceased at the scene. >> this attack in tennessee came almost two weeks after a theater attack in louisiana that killed two people and wounded nine. the gunman in that case killed himself. >>> new this morning, seven people in western new york are in custody in one of the largest combined drug busts the country's history. they seized 140 tons of heroin. the street value $3.5 million. all seven suspects face up to 20 years in prison and a $20 million fine. >>> rapper busta rhymes is facing assault charges after police say he assaulted a worker at steel gym in chelsea. police say the 43-year-old man hit the man with a protein drink last night. the man wasn't seriously hurt.

. >>> nashville police say a man who attack people at a movie theater had a history of mental health es. police say 29-year-old vicente david montano was carrying a hatchet, pellet gun when he unleashed pepper spray on an audience yesterday at a movie. s.w.a.t. team shot him dead as he tried to leave the theater through a become door. >>> ceremonies are under way in japan to mark 70 years since the dropping of the atomic bomb on hiroshima. it killed 140,000 people leading to japan's surrender in world war ii. today the mayor of hiroshima renewed calls for president obama and other world leaders to make the world free of nuclear weapons. >>> lawmakers want to permanently protect 6200 acres of coastal land in california. president clinton established the california coastal national monument in 2000. now senators dianne feinstein and barbara boxer are aiming to quadruple the area it protects. the largest section of the preserved lands would be nearly 58 acres in santa cruz county. >>> so could you survive in the woods if you ever got lost? you will meet some kids who say you better belie

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. >> reporter: nashville metro police said vincente montano entered the theater wednesday. >> he pulled out a hatch ket and a gun and we all ran out of the theater. >> reporter: he clouded the area with pepper spray before swinging the blade at this man and his daughter. >> all the citizens around us helped me and my daughter when we were pepper-sprayed. that gives me more faith in humanity again. >> reporter: when montano tried to leave, he was met by a s.w.a.t. team. >> there was a noise made by that gun. it was then that the officer fired. >> reporter: a witness captured the loud gunshots heard during the s.w.a.t. team's takedown. >> the 29-year-old attacker died at the scene. two days before the attack, his mother filed a missing person's report with murfreesboro police. he was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in 2006. his mother hasn't seen her son since 2013. >> the safety of our guests and employees is and always will be our industry's highest priority, said the national association of theater owners. >>> three people were injured in the attack. one man was cut on the should

it took place at a theater near nashville, tennessee. police say the suspect armed with a gun and hatchet unleashed a plume of pepper spray during a screening of "mad max" this afternoon. the s.w.a.t. team exchanged gunfire with the suspect, killing him. amazing amazingly, no movie-goers were killed. three were treated for pepper spray exposure and one from the hatchet. >> somebody has a gun and stuff like that. >> i'm eternally grateful -- excuse me -- for metro police department, for their fast response today. >> the suspect is 29 years old from that area. his name has not been released yet. the motive is unknown. >>> a major breakthrough today in the hunt for the malaysian airliner that disappeared last year. there is now -- there is no doubt the plane crashed into the sea. >> it is with a very heavy heart that i must tell you that an international team of experts have conclusively confirmed that the aircraft debris found on reunion island is indeed from mh-370. >> that announcement gives the family and friends of the 239 people on board at

a gunman carrying a hatchet and pepper spray is killed by police inside a nashville cinema. d in to detonate his backpack. what was his motive? what might police find as they search his home? >> hard sell. president obama warns skeptics of the iran nuclear deal they must choose between diplomacy and war. can he win over enough support to get congressional approval of the historic but controversial agreement? i'll be asking senator angus king who just announced how he will vote. >> mh370 confirmation. the prime minister verifies the wing debris is from the jumbo jet that vanished. french officials are less definite. investigators are getting their first up close look at the part. what will they find? >> taking on trump. republican presidential front-runner the man to beat tomorrow in the first gop debate of the 2016 campaign. how are his rivals planning to steal his spotlight? we are getting new information tonight. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off. you are in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking

. >> vincent hill, a retired police officer from the nashville police department. thank you so much for your insights this morning, vincent. >> thank you, stephanie. >>> right now president obama is on his way to alaska where he'll spend three days pushing his climate change agenda. ahead of his departure, the president announced he will rename north america's highest peak, mount mckinley, named originally for former president william mckinnie is now mount denali. many alaskans who have called it that for generations welcomed the change. >> for generations alaskans have known in majestic mountain as the great one. today we're honored to be able to officially recognize the mt as denali. i'd like to thank the president for working with us to achieve this significant change to show honor, respect and gratitude to the afbaskin people of alaska. >> some ohio politicians reacted angrily to the announcement. president mckinley was from ohio. republican representative gibbs calls it overreach. >>> president obama is the first sitting president in history to visit the alask

police. after he attacked people inside a nashville area movie theater. police say, 29-year-old vicente david montano entered the theater. armed with a hatchet.pepper spray. and an air soft pistol. the suspect sprayed moviegoers with pepper spray. and cut one victim with the hatchet. police also said, he had a fake bomb in one of his bags. the suspect was shot dead after he engaged with police. fortunately, no one else was seriously hurt. >>:the fact that nobody got injured other than the person who did this i would ask everybody to pray for his family because he obviously has some mental problems or something else >> pam :he had been committed to a mental institution for * and his mother had also reported him missing from texas -- four times last month in louisiana and man attacked a theater and wounded nine others and killed two people before killing himself >>:i would be a little apprehensive to go to a movie theater >>:i guess it would be good to get a game plan together in case something were to happen >>:i don't mind going through a metal detector ha

police say he was armed with a hatchet, pellet gun and pepper spray when he stormed into a theater outside nashvilleers. >>> well, the top ten republican presidential candidates are getting set for the first debate of the campaign season tonight. donald trump as the leader in the polls will be center stage before a crowd of 5,000 in cleveland. he claims he's not doing any prep work. time is precious. tonight each candidate may only get about ten minutes apiece to speak. >>> well, authorities in malaysia say more debris from malaysia airlines flight 370 may have washed up on that island in the indian ocean including part of a window. they say the wing part that washed ashore last week is from flight 370, but other investigators say more testing is needed to be sure. many distraught relatives of the victims are upset over what they call conflicting information about their loved ones. >>> and in chicago, a man was arrested on this united airlines flight after allegedly refusing to turn off his phone and then punching another passenger. he also reportedly hit one of the police officers trying to get him