Burnette Chapel shooting
A mass shooting occurred on September 24, 2017, when a gunman opened fire at the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ in Antioch, Tennessee, part of the Greater Nashville area, killing one person and injuring six others.
| Burnette Chapel shooting | |
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| Location | The Burnette Chapel Church of Christ, Antioch, Tennessee |
| Coordinates | 36.0468°N 86.5830°W |
| Date | September 24, 2017 11:15 a.m. |
| Target | White American churchgoers |
Attack type | Mass shooting, hate crime, domestic terrorism |
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| Deaths | 1 (Melanie Crow) |
| Injured | 8 (7 by gunfire, including the perpetrator) |
| Perpetrator | Emanuel Kidega Samson |
| Motive | Black nationalism, revenge for Charleston church shooting |
The perpetrator was identified as Emanuel Kidega Samson, a 25-year-old native of Sudan. Samson was arrested after getting into an altercation with a bystander, and charged with first-degree murder and 43 other charges. The suspect indicated that the attack was an act of revenge for the 2015 Charleston church shooting.
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