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Posted by: Kate Prince on Feb 1, 2022

Travis Reinking, who fatally shot four people at a Nashville Waffle House in 2018, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, WPLN reports. Reinking’s attorney, Luke Evans, told jurors this week that his client was “driven by delusions” about the singer Taylor Swift and aliens, adding that Reinking thought he was being commanded by God the night of the crime. “What the proof is going to show in this case is that Travis Reinking is severely mentally ill,” Evans said. But Assistant District Attorney Jan Norman argued that Reinking’s actions were calculated, pointing to his purchase of extra magazines days before the shooting and how he chose a parking spot at the Waffle House that allowed him to see everyone inside before the shooting began. Prosecutors are seeking a life sentence without the possibility of parole.