Nashville movie theater gunman was armed with a pellet gun: police

(Reuters) - A gunman who opened fire in a Nashville movie theater on Wednesday before being fatally shot by police was armed with a pellet gun, the Nashville Police Department said on Twitter.

The gunman, identified by police as a 29-year-old local man, was also carrying an ax, which he used to slightly wound one person.

(Reporting by Eric Beech in Washington; Editing by Sandra Maler)