NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Lawyers for convicted Waffle House murderer Travis Reinking spent the past week making the case to get him a new trial.
The judge will now decide if the man who killed four people gets a second chance.
Let's be very clear about something here.
Regardless of what the judge decides, Travis Reinking will never be a free man.
The reason?
There is no question about his guilt.
There is no disputing that in 2018, Reinking pulled up to the Antioch Waffle House, brandished an AR-15 and opened fire.
In just a matter of minutes, he killed Taurean Sanderlin, Joe Perez, Deebony Groves, and Akilah Dasilva.
Reinking was captured after a nearly two-day manhunt.
Not long after, the judge ruled him incompetent to stand trial -- sending Reinking for treatment to improve his