WAFFLE HOUSE MURDER SUSPECT ARRESTED NEAR HIS APARTMENT

NASHVILLE The suspect in an attack that killed four people at a Waffle House restaurant in Tennessee was arrested Monday not far from his apartment, police said.

Authorities had mounted a massive manhunt for 29-year-old Travis Reinking after the Sunday morning attacks, in which a gunman clad only in a jacket used an AR-15 rifle to kill four and injure others.

Reinking opened fire with an AR-15 in the Waffle House parking lot and then stormed the restaurant shortly after 3 a.m. Sunday, police say. Four people were killed and four others were injured before a quickthinking customer wrestled the assault weapon away, preventing more bloodshed. Reinking then disappeared.

Police say about 20 people were in the Waffle House at the time. They included people of different races and ethnicities, but the four people killed were minorities — three black and one Hispanic.

In May 2016, Reinking told deputies from Tazewell County, Ill., that music superstar Taylor Swift was stalking him and hacking his phone.

Last July, Reinking was arrested by the U.S. Secret Service after he crossed into a restricted area near the White House and refused to leave, saying he wanted to meet President Donald Trump.