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Illinois man convicted of giving son rifle he used to kill 4

An Illinois man faces up to three years in prison after being convicted of illegally giving his son an assault-style rifle he later used to shoot and kill four people in 2018 at a Waffle House in Tennessee

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An Illinois man faces up to three years in prison after being convicted of illegally giving his son an assault-style rifle he later used to shoot and kill four people in 2018 at a Waffle House in Tennessee

Highlights

  • Jeffrey Reinking convicted of illegal delivery of a firearm to a person who had been treated for mental illness within the past five years.
  • Prosecutors said Reinking knew his son, Travis Reinking, had undergone mental health treatment in 2016.
  • Reinking was sentenced in February to life in prison without the possibility of parole after being convicted of four counts of first-degree murder and other charges.
  • He opened fire inside the restaurant on April 22, 2018, killing four people in Nashville, killing Taurean Sanderlin, 29; Joey Perez, 20; Akilah Dasilva, 23; and DeEbony Groves, 21.