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Testimony: Waffle House shooter wrote to Winfrey, Swift

On Wednesday, the defense attorneys asked a police detective to read letters Travis Reinking had written to Taylor Swift and Oprah Winfrey.
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Travis Reinking sits in court while the jury wasn't present during the third day of his murder trial at the Justice A.A. Birch Building in Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. Reinking is charged with four counts of first degree murder, along with other attempted murder and weapons charges for a shooting in 2018 at a Nashville Waffle House. (Stephanie Amador/The Tennessean via AP, Pool)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Attorneys for a man who shot and killed four people in a Nashville Waffle House in 2018 are presenting evidence that Travis Reinking suffered delusions. 

On Wednesday, the defense attorneys asked a police detective to read letters Travis Reinking had written to Taylor Swift and Oprah Winfrey. 

The 33-year-old wrote to Winfrey asking for help in determining whether his delusions that pop star Swift was communicating with him through the Internet were real or not. 

Charges against Reinking include four counts of first degree murder. 

Prosecutors are seeking a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. Reinking has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.

 

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